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

Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe the truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

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

It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans - the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans.

I just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.

You are in a position to create wealth not only for yourself but for your children and your children's children.

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.

If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.

The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.

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