234 Quotes by Kathleen Blanco

We all know that there were failures at every level of government: state, federal and local, ... The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

We have no counts whatsoever, but we know many lives have been lost.

And I need that, for my own being,

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,

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

When folks who are desperate are trying to get home, it just makes it more difficult for us to get to folks whose lives are in danger.

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.

We will pray that Rita will not devastate Louisiana, but today we do not know the answer to that question,

We were begging for more resources, and you know, eventually, we got enough resources. It just took more days than we wanted it to take.