All Richard Lamm Quotes
- Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most… Aside
- Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart. Absence
- The New Deal, in my mind, has become a raw deal for my children. Children
- Right out of the University of California I had passed the bar, but Colorado was one of those places where anybody could come and nobody… Anybody
- The approaching exhaustion of domestic reserves of petroleum and the rapid depletion of world reserves will have a profound effect on Americans in the cities… American
- It is clear that agriculture as we know it has experienced major changes within the life expectancy of most of us, and these changes have… Agriculture
- The very controversial National Identification Act of 1991, requiring all United States citizens to carry identification, has greatly enhanced the ability of law enforcement officers… Ability
- 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 world… Age
- History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Citizens
- History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing… Antagonism
- Our globe is under new dramatic environmental pressure: our globe is warming, our ice caps melting, our glaciers receding, our coral is dying, our soils… Caps
- The environment issue is hydra-headed and complicated, but it is of immense importance that we understand how fast the world is changing. Changing
- 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… Awesome
- I suggest that those groups whose culture and values stress delayed gratification - education, hard work, success, and ambition - are those groups that succeed… Ambition
- We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement. Ultimately, blacks and… All
- A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass. Action
- Medical need is an infinitely expandable concept. There is always one more marginal procedure that can be done. There is no end to the medical… Advanced
- I believe a nation does not maximize its health care until it starts to ask the hard question: How can we prioritize our expenditures to… Advance
- A truly moral health care system should start out by covering all of its citizens with basic health care. It would not be seduced by… All
- We need to start training more primary health providers and fewer specialists. We will never be able to control health care costs unless we challenge… Able
- Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose. Choose
- Universal coverage, not medical technology, is the foundation of any caring health care system. Any
- God is not an American. Nature did not design Americans to be prosperous forever. American
- Aging bodies are fiscal black holes into which you can pour endless amounts of money. Aging
- It is my passionate belief that we can all have better health care through rationing. All