The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes collective efforts and inclusivity in rebuilding communities after crises.
Mitch Landrieu's quote reflects on the strength of unity and collaboration in the face of adversity, specifically highlighting the example of New Orleans. It conveys an inspiring message about the determination to rebuild a city while ensuring that no one is left out of the recovery process, underlining the values of community, support, and resilience.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about community service efforts.
There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.
One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.
Race in America is not a problem you can go over, or around or under. You've got to go through it.
Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT.
In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.
To break our addiction to oil is one of the greatest challenges that our generation will have to master.
I am still committed to building a movement to end mass incarceration, but I will not do it with blinders on. If all we do is end mass incarceration, this movement will not have gone nearly far enough.
I walk slowly, but never backwards.
If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.
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