Kathleen Blanco People Quotations

Shelter life is not a quality life, ... The president and I both agree that people in shelters need more stable, private housing.

We all wanted more, faster, ... We needed more, faster. We were limited by our own capacity. We were limited by the speed at which organization could be mustered. There isn't any person who is not sorrowful about wanting to do more in a quicker amount of time. We knew lives were being threatened minute-by-minute. Everything is now stabilized. We know there are still people to be rescued. Loved ones need to be buried.

We all know that our businesses and industries need far more than a shot of adrenaline to rebound and put our people back to work,

I've got my own power-packed people endorsing me, and I think they know how to get the vote out, ... I'll fall back on my friends that cross all kinds of boundaries.

I do not want this sense of lawlessness to continue, because it's hampering our efforts to bring people in, to save people,

Well, it's a logistical nightmare, ... We have identified other shelters in other parts of the state. Communities are ready to receive these people to help them out.

I just assume that all of my people are keeping me legal and that the policy is in keeping with what other governors have done and that we have never abused those opportunities,

We are one people, united in our resolve to rebuild, restore and recover from this tragedy. At this time of great uncertainty and despair, our people must know that all our leaders are united and dedicated to this important work.

I know the people of this state have been through a lot. We ask for God's blessings on them and their families.

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.

is not just a game but a very symbolic event and we should encourage as many people as possible to go.

We have two kinds of employment: one with decent pay and benefits - and another of part-time pay with full-time hours, at a wage that can't nearly support a healthy family. We have two kinds of healthcare: one where people have access and insurance - and another where basic care and life-saving treatments, come at a price beyond reach.

The path that I've outlined - moving our people from shelters or the homes of in-laws or friends and into hotels and transitional trailer communities here in Louisiana - gives our people hope, ... It gives them a clear path that they can see, a path that will help them get their lives together and get them home to Louisiana.

The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It is just totally overwhelming, ... We need to save as many people as we can save, and that is our mission for today.

These are our people and they're good people, ... It gets very difficult when shelters fill up. We're working hard to identify more shelters.

As we asked southeast Louisiana to evacuate in advance of Katrina, and probably one million people or more evacuated safely, we are asking the same southwest Louisiana,

I'm asking all of you to do your very best to get as many people to safe ground as possible. It occurs to me that a lot of people went to bed last night thinking that hurricane was going to Florida, ... I got a report at 7 o'clock that there were about 700 people doing Little League ball in the New Orleans area.

We've pulled literally hundreds of people out of the waters, ... We believe there are hundreds more out there. And so tonight is critical.

We've pulled literally hundreds of people out of the waters,

This is a sign that the people at the highest level of government are worried about this storm. We must prepare for the worst but hope for the best,

Accept our thanks and hear our resolve: we will bring our people home as soon as we can. We need and we want our people back,

Some 700 people have been brought to dry ground during the night,

that in the end all of our people will get assistance.

Katrina and Rita brought our people and our economy to its knees.

In fact, there are hundreds of people who want to be in this process.

We're urging people in the Katrina impact areas to be very, very cautious.

The shelters will end up probably without electricity or with minimum electricity from generators in the end. There may be intense flooding that will be not in our control which would be ultimately the most dangerous situation that many of our people could face.

The movie people tell me they want out of Toronto, ... We've got one producer with big Disney contracts we're talking to. We are looking for television series. That's bread and butter, day in and day out. It's all great business.

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.

The dome's population is growing, and they don't have the facilities to accommodate the people in there,

The effort to restore our state requires a daring, yet realistic plan. A plan based on input from people in all walks of life. A plan created from the ground up. A plan driven by local needs. A plan inspired by innovation, ... We cannot simply re-create what the storms destroyed. We must make the new Louisiana smarter, safer and stronger.