America with 4% of the world's population has 50% of the worlds lawyers .... tort lawyers love to point out that 1% of America's health care cost is used to pay malpractice insurance ... but most doctors practice defensive medicine… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I do not believe you can have infinite population or economic growth in a finite world. We are living on the shoulders of some awesome geometric curves. — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
'Diversity' is a wonderfully seductive word. It stresses differences rather than commonalities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse. — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
All we know about the new economic world is that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop. I believe that what we're developing in Denver is in no appreciable way different than what… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I've had some major disappointments. The quality of life in Denver is worse than when I took over, and I'm embarrassed about that. But… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
We can make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
It was almost a desecration to put a building on the Boulder Turnpike, which is now U.S.-36 and is almost backyards and even junkyards… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
America has to ask itself not what it wants, but what it can afford... The New Deal, in my mind, has become a raw… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I believe for some high-technology medicine, like transplants and kidney dialysis, age should be a consideration in the delivery of that technology. In a… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
