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.
BILL RICHARDSONI 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.
More Bill Richardson Quotes
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I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite.
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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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Natural gas is the future. It is here.
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Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. It is education that allows us to see that we are in this for the long haul, and it is education that will give us the tools we need to build a better future.
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We’re a superpower with a third world grid.
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You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up.
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Recognizing and preventing men’s health problems is not just a man’s issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men’s health is truly a family issue.
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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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The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year.
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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.
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We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.
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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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It [Border fence] hasn’t worked. What has worked is more border patrols… What has worked is some technology.
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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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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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