Carlos Slim Quotes

This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.

Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nurse or a doctor who will take time off to go exactly where they are needed.

When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats.

It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.

That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides.

We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state.

When you have an emergency, there is the urge to do whatever it takes to see people get assistance.

One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it.

I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective.

I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster.

I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside.

My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain.

In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources.

If there's an air raid during the parade and there are dead and wounded, they must be quickly removed and the parade allowed to go on.

In the pandemonium of the crisis in New Orleans, somehow getting people on busses took priority over keeping them alive.

You have to first handle the humanitarian crises and troops are very useful for doing that.

Responding to a natural disaster is a complex problem.

Whenever there is an international crisis - an earthquake, a flood, a war - Americans provide more assistance than the people of any other nation.

In life, you don't really know what's coming at you. Like a firefighter, or police officer, or anyone else working in the emergency field, they don't know what's going to come at them. You gotta be ready for anything.

I'm kind of the crisis communications person at 'SNL.' If there are fires to put out, they try and find me.

Access to humanitarian assistance and information are all the more important during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World War II.

After the tsunami in Japan, we were open for business. In fact, I flew there 10 days after the tsunami to show our support for the Japanese people.

We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.