Civilisation Quote by Richard Lamm

'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

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

Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop.

— Richard Lamm

I have no permanent enemies - only people I have yet to persuade.

— Richard Lamm

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

— Richard Lamm

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

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

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

We can make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.

— Richard Lamm

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

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

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