“The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.”
Ludwig von Mises
“Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,”
Douglas Brinkley
“This could be the greatest natural disaster in our country's history. We need a response commensurate with that.”
John Street
“This is not an easy business folks, ... Disaster management is not a matter of reading a guide book and then showing up in the middle of a small town that has just been blown off the map by tornadoes.”
Mike Brown
“A U.N. disaster assessment and coordination team is being dispatched to Sri Lanka today to work with the government to provide rescue and relief.”
Fred Eckhard
“What has the federal government been doing all these years to prepare for a disaster striking a major American city, ... With all the bureaucratic federal agencies, super czars and homeland preparedness, there seems to be no national or regional master plan to evacuate people, bring in relief and adequately deal with a large scale emergency of this nature. Is there a plan in place for how to deal with the profiteers when the resettling and rebuilding begins? Is there a plan to freeze oil prices?”
Gary Ackerman
“When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,”
Charles Krauthammer
