I know the pain Oliver is in, and I know the pain our citizens are in, ... We just have to keep on asking for patience and asking them to endure, even more than they have already endured. These people coming in have been in stress since Monday. It is Saturday. Our heart goes out to them.
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The entire Gulf Coast suffered, but Louisiana bore the brunt of this disaster.
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At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again, ... The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.
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We have a tough, tough people, ... We party hard, we work hard ... we know we can get through this.
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These are some of the 40,000 extra troops that I have demanded, ... They have M-16s, and they're locked and loaded ... I have one message for these hoodlums: These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will.
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At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.
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They've been running buses in through the night. We're going to get them out, either by boat, lift them out by helicopter, or if we can walk them to the buses, we'll do it. Whatever is necessary, whatever measure is necessary is what we'll do.:
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We pray that the loss of life is very limited, but we fear that is not the case.
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The communications network is completely gone, ... We think there may be only one major way into the city right now.
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Quality education is the measure of strong and healthy communities, ... If we really expect a rebirth in the City of New Orleans, a quality public school system is absolutely essential.
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Start making preparations to leave now ... Prepare your family, prepare your house for evacuation.
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people are going to have to draw on their inner strength like we've never, ever had to do before. It's going to be, in some neighborhoods, total rebuilding.
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There was not a single individual taking a slow step in our state,
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We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees. We heard a report, unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee. I think we have not breached the levee at this time.
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At this point in time, know where you are going to go and how you are going to get there,
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If we lost life, I'd be surprised,
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I do want to tell you how much we appreciated watching all of the integrated forces at work as one,
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The superdome is not in any dangerous situation.
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It's going to be especially difficult for them and for you, ... We're going to offer them some special opportunities.
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I'm not going to stand here and play the blame game, ... We have a problem. Let's get to the problem.
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A lot of the details are not yet identified, but we want it as liberal as possible, ... We want it to work for re-employing our people.
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If you help us with these incentives, we believe we only have to step aside and let business
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights and we must move,
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And I need that, for my own being,
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Instead, it brought out the worst.
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This is a unique situation, and that's why we're asking for a unique response,
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The facts will speak for themselves. We will tell our story when the time is appropriate.
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Let's just support the Saints. That's what I say.
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Get to the highest ground or the highest building in your area.
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