![Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds.](/assets/img/quote-photos/hurricane-katrina-hit-the-gulf-coast-and-destroyed-much-of-the-gulf-coast-tha.jpg)
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government needs reform talked trust
has talked about the need for reform in Uzbekistan. Very basically, the Uzbekistan government needs to trust its people." () Sean McCormack
government telling
He said what he said because he thought he was telling the government what they wanted to hear.
government report watch
I don't know jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers
government madison
This was not unexpected. Madison is a government town.
government issues people
MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. Much of her evidence is anecdotal, and in a nation of 260 Million people, anecdotes are a weak form of evidence. Richard Posner
government two space
It is the censor's business to make a judgment about the propriety of the content or message of the proposed expressive activity. The regulation here does not authorize any judgment about the content of any speeches. ... A park is a limited space, and to allow unregulated access to all comers could easily reduce rather than enlarge the park's utility as a forum for speech. Just imagine two rallies held at the same time in the same park area using public-address systems that drowned out each other's speakers.
government tyrants rights
Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. Richard Perle
government political levels
Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority. Richard Holbrooke
government entrepreneur priorities
Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners. Ruben Hinojosa
new-orleans people proud
I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history. Tyler Perry
new-orleans sea cities
The first few feet of sea-level rise alone will displace more than 100 million people worldwide and turn all our major Gulf and Atlantic coast cities into preKatrina New Orleans - below sea level and facing super-hurricanes. - Joseph Romm210. The generations living today get to retrofit, reboot, and reenergize a nation. We get to rescue and reinvent the U.S. economy. Van Jones
new-orleans culture birth
New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture. Wendell Pierce
new-orleans cities white
One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city. Mitch Landrieu
new-orleans cajuns cuisine
New Orleans cuisine is Creole rather than Cajun. Poppy Z. Brite
new-orleans cooking heritage
In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage. Paul Prudhomme
new-orleans cities people
Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.
new-orleans hands long
Don't you just love those long rainy afternoons in New Orleans when an hour isn't just an hour - but a little piece of eternity dropped into your hands - and who knows what to do with it? Tennessee Williams
new-orleans texas people
Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would not relocate to any areas of Texas that he likes to frequent. Scott McClellan
hurricanes reports
Reports of a hurricane are unfounded. Michael Fish