234 Quotes by Kathleen Blanco

The challenges presented by our budget crisis are some of the most difficult we have ever faced. We are -very simply put -adjusting to reality. These times, and our citizens, demand change.

To kick us when we're down and destroy hope... is absolutely unthinkable,

We respect the work you have done. You have been in our prayers. ... It grieves my soul to say that you're coming back to a Louisiana that is not whole. ... There is a lot of work to do, but we are up to the task.

These troops know how to shoot and kill and I expect they will.

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.

Were finding a mighty lot of people, ... We think there are hundreds more.

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.

The entire Gulf Coast suffered, but Louisiana bore the brunt of this disaster.

We've got an engineering nightmare trying to fill the breach of the levee where the waters are pouring into the city. I think they've been working on it all night, and they'll continue to work on it all day today.