Ray Nagin Quotes

"You have drug addicts that are now walking around this city looking for a fix, and that's the reason why they were breaking in hospitals and drugstores. They're looking for something to take the edge off of their jones, if you will."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Hospitals, Now, Reason, Walking, Will)

"We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Time, Learning)

"We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Feet)

"We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared."
- Ray Nagin

"The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Time, God, People, Night)

"If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Nothing)

"Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of how I'm starting to think."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Thinking, Worry)

"Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is a threat that we've never faced before."
- Ray Nagin
(Related: Ladies, Gentlemen, News)