Mitch Landrieu Quotations

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.

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.

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.

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.

We miss you, and we want you back.

Everybody who has a right to vote should have an opportunity to vote.

Congress does investigations better than they do anything else.

The spirit's strong here. The city's going to get rebuilt over time.

This city, this great city, calls for change.

This city is in a world of hurt. We're very slowly crawling our way back.

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.

This is the most important election in the city's history.

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.

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.

The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet.

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.

I love Mardi Gras. I'm a street rat.

The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand it, and then to really choose to get better.

You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce.

It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all of our heart and all of our soul and I just wanted to try to do something that I could to help make it better.

One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.

One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city.

Race in America is not a problem you can go over, or around or under. You've got to go through it.

You've got to figure out where your votes are and go get them.