Kathleen Blanco Quotes

When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help.

When I’m out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana’s many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers.

We have witnessed the most extraordinary devastation. The magnitude of the situation is unbelievable. It’s just heartbreaking.

Think about it: Every educated person is not rich, but almost every education person has a job and a way out of poverty. So education is a fundamental solution to poverty.

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It’s just totally overwhelming.

Poverty is everyone’s problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by poverty.