Mitch Landrieu
Mitch Landrieu
Mitchell Joseph "Mitch" Landrieuis the Mayor of New Orleans. Landrieu previously served as the 51st Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 August 1960
CountryUnited States of America
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We miss you, and we want you back.
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The spirit's strong here. The city's going to get rebuilt over time.
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Everybody who has a right to vote should have an opportunity to vote.
Congress does investigations better than they do anything else.
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We can't do this without the American public. It's an American problem that requires an American response. This story is about New Orleans as much as it is about America itself.
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We need three things now. We need a house. We need a school and we need a job. This is the most important election in the city's history.
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Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically.
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There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.
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Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New Orleans. There were a lot of lessons that the nation can learn from us if they just pay attention to the things that are going on down here.
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As we open the first newly constructed building of the 100-year-old state museum system, we will unveil a unique collection of art, artifacts, interactive exhibits and cultural and industrial scenes.
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This is the most important election in the city's history.
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This city, this great city, calls for change.
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This city is in a world of hurt. We're very slowly crawling our way back.
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This is a celebration like no other in history, as it follows four months after being struck by the worst natural disaster in our nation's history.