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Quotes by Mayor

"Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history."

"Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

History, Disaster, Nation

"You have drug addicts that are now walking around this city looking for a fix, and that's the reason why they were breaking in hospitals and drugstores. They're looking for something to take the edge off of their jones, if you will."

"You have drug addicts that are now walking around this city looking for a fix, and that's the reason why they were breaking in hospitals and drugstores. They're looking for something to take the edge off of their jones, if you will."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

Hospitals, Now, Reason, Walking

"We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane."

"We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

"We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet."

"We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

"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."

"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."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

Time, God, People, Night

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

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

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

"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."

"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."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

Thinking, Worry

"Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is a threat that we've never faced before."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is a threat that we've never faced before."

Ray Nagin, American Mayor

Ladies, Gentlemen, News

"Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant."

"Hatred is not what Las Vegas is about. We will have zero tolerance for anyone who is intolerant."

Oscar Goodman, American Mayor

Hatred, Tolerance, Will

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