120 Quotes by Haley Barbour

What we want to avoid are gigantic trailer parks, for lack of a better word,

There are structures after structures that survived Camille with minor damage that are not there any more.

It came in on Mississippi like a ton of bricks. It's a terrible storm.

I will say, sometimes I'm scared, too, ... But we are going to hitch up our britches. We're going to get this done.

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.

like there'd been a nuclear weapon set off.

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.'