Ray Nagin Quotes

• You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about.

  Ray Nagin

  Dark, Talking, White

  "Nagin Apologizes for 'Chocolate' City Comments". edition.cnn.com. January 18, 2006.

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• It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans - the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans.

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  New Orleans, Cities, African American

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• Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe the truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

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  Truth, Lying, Believe

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• The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.

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  New Orleans, Years, Sea

  Archived press release, friendsoftheearth.uk. September 01, 2005.

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• Excuse my French, everybody in America, but I am pissed.

  Ray Nagin

  America, Excuse

  "Cajun Chaos - The Trouble with Katrina". www.sbs.com.au. August 23, 2013.

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• I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.

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  Country, Thinking, Saving

  Interview with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 11, 2005.

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• You are in a position to create wealth not only for yourself but for your children and your children's children.

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  Children, Wealth, Position

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• They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.

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  People, Dying, Bulls

  "New Orleans Mayor Lashes Out at Feds". WWL-AM Radio Interview, us.cnn.com. September 02, 2005.

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• I just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

  Ray Nagin

  Fans, Bigs

  Interview with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 11, 2005.

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• I dont think that any person can fix FEMA. I think FEMA needs a total restructuring. I think it needs to be taken from scratch and redone. The regulations are outdated; the rules are outdated.

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  Taken, Thinking, Scratches

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• If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.

  Ray Nagin

  Unified, Ifs

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• Some of these guys are so violent that it is hard for witnesses to come forward, and they get involved in repeat criminal activities, so it is unfortunate that they had to die, but it did kind of end the cycle that we were struggling with.

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  Struggle, Guy, Criminals

  "Mayor: Crime Part of New Orleans `Brand'". The Associated Press, www.washingtonpost.com. August 10, 2007.

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• The reality is this city will not be the same for a while, ... We're not saying bring New Orleans back today.

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  Reality, New Orleans, Cities

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• One of the best moments Ive ever had in New Orleans is seeing Bourbon Street filled on a weekend night not long ago. Just watching the city breathe again.

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  Weekend, Night, New Orleans

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• I always feel that in politics, you have a bridle on. Well, I took the bridle off. And I tell you, it felt pretty good.

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  Wells, Feels, Felt

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• It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.

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  New York, Years, Cities

  "Ray Nagin Takes Swipe at NYC 9/11 Rebuilding Efforts". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. August 26, 2006.

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• This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.

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  Eye, Pie, Economic

  "Runoff: New Orleans Mayor". The Associated Press, www.wired.com. April 23, 2006.

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• The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.

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  Running, Night, Cities

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• We're out of nuclear-crisis mode and into normal, day-to-day crisis mode.

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  Nuclear, Normal, Crisis

  "Mayor: New Orleans Is Broke". www.foxnews.com. September 13, 2005.

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• Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think.

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  Thinking, Worry, Election

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