220 Quotes by Michael Brown

considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well.

just assumed that agencies would follow up on taskings resulting from the calls.

That's something we need to look at because, ... when you have 100,000 folks that either can't get out, they don't have the transportation, we need to work with the cities to make certain there's a way to get those people out or at least put them in areas that can be safe.

I think everyone in the country needs to take a big, collective, deep breath and recognize that there are a lot of people in this state, in Mississippi and Alabama who are living under conditions that, quite frankly, I doubt any reporter in this room is living under -- no food, no water, it's hot, it's sticky, their homes have been destroyed, they don't know where they're going to go next.

People are getting the help they need, ... This is an ongoing disaster. This disaster didn't just end when Katrina left.

That's a generic rule. I don't know if it applies to Bush,

Paula, the federal Government did not even know about the convention centre people until today.

It's been very, very stressful obviously to be called a scapegoat, I know in my heart what I was doing, what I was trying to do and the tapes speak for themselves.

St. Bernard represents one of the big problems down there, which is that the needs of smaller communities are getting lost in the maze of federal red tape and placed behind those of larger communities, such as New Orleans.