Haley Barbour People Quotations

Some people believe state government is being run so efficiently that no money can be saved. I am not one of those people.

Some people are trapped in their homes, but we can't rescue them until the winds die down.

Local people have to make the decision, ... The purpose of this commission is not to impose decisions on you. It's to illuminate the choices.

I worry that we had a little hurricane fatigue, ... People boarded up for Ivan, evacuated and nothing happened. Then they boarded up for Dennis, evacuated and nothing happened. I think until very, very late, a lot of people thought, 'Ah, I'm not going to do that again.'

We will rebuild bigger and better than ever. It's going to take some time, and people have to be patient.

We know some people got trapped and we pray they are OK.

Those people on the coast ... I'm begging you to evacuate,

We want to get people back to work,

The most critical thing is what the private sector does, ... Our people need jobs.

It's no secret that Mississippi's image around the country and around the world is not as good as it ought to be, ... One of the things that helps our image is any time visitors come and see Mississippi and meet Mississippians. This casino industry brings millions of people here. Those people like what they see. They like the people that they meet.

There was a part in there that people could have taken the impression that we in Mississippi need the federal government to come in and take over what we're doing, that we need some kind of czar to tell us how to run Mississippi. We don't need that, ... Larry King Live.

In the most obvious sense, if there's just one fund, that's simpler for everybody, ... But at the same time, when people are being incredibly generous and trying hard to help, my hat's off to them.

I would just have a different policy than what he has espoused... We need to recognize we are not going to deport 12 million people, and ... we shouldn't.