If you want to find a way to keep illegal immigrants, you know where they are, you give them a driver’s license. It helps with – they all get insured, it helps with traffic safety.
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More Bill Richardson Quotes
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Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world
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We can now say with certainty that the dream of this spaceport launching a new era in New Mexico’s aerospace industry will become reality.
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This launch will be a brilliant signal flare that will let the nation and the world know New Mexico’s spaceport is open for business.
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We’re a superpower with a third world grid.
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I think what’s going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona – and I think it’s going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.
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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.
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I believe we have to bring the 12 million undocumented workers out of the shadows, set up a standard where they speak English, if they pass background checks, pay back taxes, obey the laws, embrace American values, give them a chance, a path to citizenship, not amnesty.
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The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
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I don’t have all the answers. I need your help, your guidance, and your leadership to tackle the challenges before us.
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Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time.
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I am now a member of the private sector. I’m happy. I’ve got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot.
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John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we’re the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops.
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We must never forget that it is the private sector – not government – that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.
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As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day – like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.
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I believe education is the key. Yeah, I was for kids of illegal immigrants, if they fulfill the same academic requirements as New Mexico kids, to be eligible for a scholarship.
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