These first two years will be an intense time of solicitation of early stage 'leadership gifts' that will set the tone for the public period.

[This] is not a time for Emory to talk about what we 'need' during a campaign. Rather we should speak in terms of 'opportunity' to better serve.

[We] will construct the case for the campaign around the ideals of the vision statement and the specifics of the strategic plan.

Now is not the time to change leadership. I ask the citizens of New Orleans to let me continue this important job of rebuilding our city.

I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.

In my view, in two years' time we will be in a leadership position in Zambia.