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"We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack."

Michael Chertoff on Positive

More quotes about Positive

  • "The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."

    Albert Einstein on Positive

  • "I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other."

    Harvey Fierstein on Positive

  • "Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."

    Willie Nelson on Positive

  • "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

    Zig Ziglar on Positive

  • "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."

    John Wooden on Positive

More quotes by Michael Chertoff

  • "I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans."

  • "Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city."

  • "We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA."

  • "Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home."

  • "We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology, as opposed to everybody exercising their right to buy their own system, you know, at will."

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