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 Richardson Copy Share Image
Every dollar governors are forced to cut out of our budgets is a dollar that's not going into the economy. . . . Every job that must be cut is another statistic in already escalating unemployment figures. . . . Every person who loses the support and services on which they rely for their livelihood and security leaves us poorer… — Bill Richardson Copy Share
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… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
Few needs are more pressing, or more deserving of our attention, than taking care of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do. What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
“The conversation progressed, bumper-car style, to a very heated discussion about death and the survival of the soul. It amazes me that we, as a species, can argue so fervently over something that is, when all is said and done, unknowable and unprovable. Nonetheless, we all arrive at conclusions and cleave to our certainties: that there is nothing but the… — Bill Richardson Copy Share
You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education. — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
I would have troops where they’re wanted, in our bases in Kuwait. I would have a contingency in case of an international terrorist attack. Our involvement in Iraq has led us to fail to focus on the true threat, al-Qaeda in Afghanistan... It was a mistake. — Bill Richardson Copy Share
