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“New Orleans was a chocolate city before Katrina. It is going to be a chocolate city after. How is that divisive?”

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Further explaining the previous remarks. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/
2006

“Some of these guys are so violent that it is hard for witnesses to come forward, and they get involved in repeat criminal activities, so it is unfortunate that they had to die, but it did kind of end the cycle that we were struggling with.”

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Discussing two brothers suspected in 14 murders who were found shot to death, quoted in Mayor: Crime Part of New Orleans `brand' http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081001649.html, Washington Post, 10 August 2007
2007

“You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about.”

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Explaining the previous remarks. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4622038.stm
2006

“It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.”

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Response to a reporters question addressing the length of the Katrina rebuilding efforts http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210604,00.html (August 2006)
2006

“There's way too many frickin' -- excuse me -- cooks in the kitchen.”

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Interview with WAPT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, August 31, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/31/katrina.levees/index.html
2005

“As we think about rebuilding New Orleans, surely, God is mad at America. He's sending hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroying and putting stress on this country. Surely, he's not approval [sic] of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But, surely, he is upset at black America, also.”

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Speech at a Martin Luther King memorial service, quoted in Hurricanes May Be God's Punishment, Mayor Says http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/17/nation/na-nagin17, Los Anegles Times, 17 January 2007
2006

“I don't know whether it's the governor's problem, or it's the president's problem, but somebody needs to get … on a plane and sit down, the two of them, and figure this out right now.”

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2005, Interview with New Orleans radio station WWL (2005)

“This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.”

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Speech after making into run off for mayor, April 23, 2006. http://cbs4boston.com/katrina/hurricanekatrina_story_112152722.html
2006

“I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.”

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Transcript for September 11, Ray Nagin, Arlen Specter, John Barry & Ivor van Heerden
2005

“Do I worry about it? Somewhat. It's not good for us, but it also keeps the New Orleans brand out there, and it keeps people thinking about our needs and what we need to bring this community back. So it is kind of a two-edged sword.”

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Responding to a TV reporter's question about the murder rate http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/08/nagin_calls_nos_dangerous_imag.html (August 2007)
2007