Cedric Richmond famous quotes

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Ill never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Men #Tragedy #Hurricanes
Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority.
-- Cedric Richmond

#School #Kids #Priorities
These past years, as we have been recovering and given our city a rebirth, we have been encouraged by our faith, knowledge, and steadfast belief that we will pull through. There will be challenges and setbacks, as there have already been, but we will continue, and we the citizens of New Orleans will prevail in bringing our city back.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Past #Years #Cities
Imagine if, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents had to wait on Democrats and Republicans to agree on cuts before receiving clean water or loans to rebuild. Congressâ€™ negotiations often come slow or not at all.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Cutting #Water #Waiting
There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Strong #Poverty #Crime
Leaving American disaster victims to languish is morally reprehensible and un-American.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Leaving #Victim #Disaster
High school dropout rates nationally - Not enough is being done on this issue.
-- Cedric Richmond

#School #Issues #Done
In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our wetland restoration - our natural storm protection - and $5 million to ensure that drilling permits are reviewed thoroughly and efficiently.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Storm #Restoration #Wetlands
Ive introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.
-- Cedric Richmond

#Fighting #Eight #Support

No one man is superior to the game.
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
Magic likes a good tragedy, too.
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.
Life is a mixing of all kind of things: comedy and tragedy going together.
I'm so glad I'm not 20 years old anymore. I was in a hurricane. I'm a lot calmer now. I don't cause destruction for myself and others everywhere I go.
Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.
My armor is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!
This will remain so after Hurricane Katrina disappears from the front pages of our newspapers. Long ago. it was said that 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives. '... It did not know because it did not care... until some flagrant outrage on decency and the health of the community aroused it to noisy but ephemeral indignation.

Cedric Richmond famous quotes

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