Mary Landrieu Quotes

• The South has not always been the friendliest place for African-Americans.

  Mary Landrieu

  African American, South

  "Landrieu on Obama: South Not Always 'Friendliest Place for African-Americans'". www.nbcnews.com. October 31, 2014.

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• I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

  Mary Landrieu

  Powerful, Fall, Hands

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• A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

  Mary Landrieu

  The End Of The Day, Pennies, Ends

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• From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.

  Mary Landrieu

  Business, Past, African American

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• Our solutions must be beyond anything we have ever considered. We should not be afraid to try bold new approaches.

  Mary Landrieu

  Trying, Should, Approach

  "Katrina Inspector General Appointed". www.foxnews.com. September 16, 2005.

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• We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong to a loving, permanent family was washed away by the waves of the tsunami

  Mary Landrieu

  Children, Believe, Would Be

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• "For 46 years, we were engaged in a worldwide battle against communism". "During that time, there were countless heroes, who served in our nation's Armed Forces and played a critical role in America's triumph. These men and women, who sacrificed so much for so many, deserve to be awarded the Cold War Service Medal in recognized of their faithful service to their country and tireless defense of freedom around the world."

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, War, Hero

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• If I had to vote for the bill again, I'd vote for it tomorrow.

  Mary Landrieu

  Bills, Tomorrow, Vote

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• I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security.

  Mary Landrieu

  Retirement, Opportunity, Effort

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• I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so.

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, Confused, Fighting

  "Landrieus on relationship between Louisiana, oil". "Meet the Press" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. August 29, 2010.

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• The high price of health care in this country is a serious issue that demands serious attention. Putting limits on damages have little or no effect on skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates.

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, Issues, Attention

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• Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, Real, Iraq

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• For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from.

  Mary Landrieu

  Taken, Government, Years

  "Sen. Landrieu: Government made recovery 'difficult'". "Meet the Press" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. August 29, 2010.

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• A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people

  Mary Landrieu

  People, Priorities, Should

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• The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter

  Mary Landrieu

  The End Of The Day, President, Cost

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• Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War

  Mary Landrieu

  Wall, War, United States

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• If you want to know how many prison cells to build, look at the number of third graders who can't read.

  Mary Landrieu

  Kids, Cells, Numbers

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• Do you know how many houses all of the nonprofits have built? No more than 5,000 in five years. Do you know how many we lost? 200,000.

  Mary Landrieu

  Years, Two, House

  "Landrieu blasts Beck" by Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. August 29, 2010.

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