Bill Richardson Quotes

• Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.

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• I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what’s right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

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• I’ve been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I’m solar powered. Some days I’m wind powered. And some people in this room might think I’m hybrid gas-powered. You’ll just have to guess which it is today.

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• Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

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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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• Raising a family is difficult enough. But it’s even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don’t need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

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  Topics in Family

• 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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• We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

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• The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

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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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• We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.

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• We’re a superpower with a Third World grid.

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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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Bill Richardson (13)

Birth:	15th November, 1947
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Bill Richardson is an American politician who was 30th Governor of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.

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• 1933 - Akihito
• 1957 - Trisha Goddard
• 1944 - Wesley Kanne Clark Sr.
• 1984 - Cary Williams
• 1979 - Summer Altice

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• 1834 - Thomas Robert Malthus
• 1959 - Lord Halifax
• 2000 - Victor Borge
• 1873 - Sarah Grimke
• 2007 - Oscar Emmanuel Peterson