Free Speech

"When the hurricane struck, it did not turn the region into a Third World country, it revealed one." - Danny Glover

"Katrina was not unforeseeable. It was the result of a political structure that subcontracts its responsibility to private contractors and abdicates its responsibility altogether." - Harry Belafonte

"I'm going to go to Kennebunkport and see if they respond any quicker!" - Hurricane Robin Williams

"This happened to the people. The constitution says of the people, by the people, for the people. But the people who got the office, got into office and forgot about the people." - Bill Cosby

"I just hope we keep in our minds that an effort like this can never be too expensive." - Elvis Costello

From the Jazz at Lincoln Center Higher Ground benefit.