Mitch Landrieu

“There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.”

“These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, and the terror that it actually stood for.”

“It is not a choice between rebuild and reform. It is a choice to do both.”

“New Orleans is not just a place. It's a state of mind, a spirit, an idea that life is to be lived and lived to the fullest.”

“The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity.”

“To literally put the Confederacy on a pedestal in our most prominent places of honor is an inaccurate recitation of our full history.”

“You can't be a great city if you're not a good city. You can't be a great city if you don't take care of each other.”

“We have to have the courage to tell the truth about ourselves.”

“This is not about politics, this is about people.”

“We are all in this together. No one is on their own.”

“They are a part of our history and part of our heritage and a part of who we are. But the men represented in these statues were not patriots, they were rebels.”

“We can't just talk about change; we have to be the change.”

“Infrastructure is not just about roads and bridges; it's about connecting people to opportunity.”

“Leadership is about making choices and being responsible for them.”

“We have to be intentional about creating a city where every citizen is supported and has the opportunity to prosper.”