362 ordspråk av Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin
We believe our re-entry plan properly balances safety concerns and the needs of our citizens to begin rebuilding their lives,
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We can debate about whether the workmanship was good or not -- and probably it wasn't very good,
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We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.
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We had people trapped on roofs, et cetera ... and they didn't know about it? That's just impossible.
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We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rebuild the greatest city in the world, ... It's been a wild ride, and we're getting ready to get on another wild ride.
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We have an incredible opportunity right now ... I don't know of anything else we can do at this point in time.
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We have the most significant challenge of any city in American history and they are dismissing ideas ad nauseam, ... Nobody is coming up with better ideas or alternative ideas, and it's really kind of teeing me off.
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We have to convince them to leave, ... It's not safe here.
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We have to convince them to leave. It's not safe here. There is toxic waste in the water and dead bodies and mosquitoes and gas. ... Fires have been started and we don't have running water.
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We have to drain this city.
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We have to, ... It's not living conditions.
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We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water, ... Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands.
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We made our decision based upon people. If they made a decision based on assets, not people ... then they're going to have to live with that,
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We must offer the people of New Orleans every chance for a sense of closure and the opportunity for a new beginning.
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We now have a comprehensive plan for rebuilding the city of New Orleans.
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