John Edwards actually said...

"If there`s a silver lining, and today, it`s kind of hard to see one, it is that our levee systems really did perform extremely well."

"If you have already evacuated, do not return here or elsewhere in Southeast Louisiana until the Office of Emergency Preparedness tells you it is ready to receive you."

"I will just tell you that I had a number of conversations overnight and today with parish presidents and other officials who believe that the death count attributable to the hurricane will go up becau..."

"Either pain on shore with everything that was advertised. The surge, the rain, the wind, all of our levee systems, particularly our federal levee systems and hurricane risk reduction systems performed..."