![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 people common-sense
People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience. Carol Moseley Braun
government grease corruption
No government functions without the grease of corruption. Carlos Fuentes
government broken branches
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. Carl Bernstein
government safety levels
Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.
government sake
We want to see a national-unity government for the sake of stability, Ahmad Chalabi
government hurt people storm work
We have much more work to do, ... But the people who have been hurt by this storm . . . need to know that the government is going to be with you for the long haul. Laura Bush
government states united
What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American stability. Stephen Kinzer
government
We want salaries. We want the government to live up to its responsibilities.
government people together
Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. Aaron Sorkin
new-orleans air people
I fell in love with the place! You know, the people, the bourbon, the music... it's in the air. It's something you can't describe on camera. Brad Pitt
new-orleans towns
New Orleans in an amazing town. Benjamin Walker
new-orleans people black
The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black. Charles Rangel
new-orleans giving tragedy
We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.
new-orleans years towns
For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town. Delta Burke
new-orleans trying treasure
You could spend your life trying to uncover all the treasures in New Orleans and not even scratch the surface. It's such an amazing place. Blake Lively
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There are a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better. Bob Dylan
new-orleans talking new-day
Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups. Branford Marsalis
new-orleans trials murder
Bureaucracy has committed murder here in the greater New Orleans area, and bureaucracy has to stand trial before Congress now. Aaron Broussard
hurricanes strikes harder
Hurricane season routinely strikes the Caribbean harder than the U.S.
hurricanes wave form
Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms. Anton Chekhov
hurricanes natural disaster
Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,. Douglas Brinkley
hurricanes sometimes save-me
Because sometimes I live in a hurricane of words and not one of them can save me. Naomi Shihab Nye
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Working with Mel Gibson is a little like waltzing with a hurricane. It's always exciting, and you're never quite sure where it's going to take you. Jim Caviezel
hurricanes reports
Reports of a hurricane are unfounded. Michael Fish