Bill Richardson Quotes (160 Quotes)

The string is running out. It doesn't look good. Diplomacy is on life support, ... Larry King Live.

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.

While I generally believe there is enough gaming in New Mexico, I will withhold judgment of the proposed Anthony casino while the secretary of the Department of the Interior weighs the merits of the plan,

His lack of contrition and his immediate re-signing with Don King and his purchase of a million-dollar house suggest that maybe he hasn't changed,

Other states in our region are full. They said, Can we land it in your state' ... I said, Yes.'

As for Lee, he committed a crime, but he also was badly treated,

In my estimation, the sense was they have a small number on the lower end of one to five, ... My sense was two. But I can't verify that.

You're talking to a country North Korea that is very, very unsteady, that is very weird, the way they act. But that's the way they are.

Thank you for this very noble gesture, a gesture of friendship and cooperation, ... Your colleagues lost a lot, and you came through for them.

Our critical security systems are operational. All our Energy Department nuclear materials are secure, ... Some of the high explosives are kept in concrete bunkers surrounded by earth and we don't see any problem.

The emphasis of this facility is on the joint monitoring of Russian power plants and American power plants. In addition, at these joint command centers we will have American specialists in Russia and Russian specialists here in case there are some emergencies.

In my opinion, it is an important issue, but not a deal breaker.

What we're saying is that what the Internet needs to do, particularly for them, is to take the power of the Internet, much like you put a magnifying glass in front of the sun, and give them the resources to drive traffic into their stores.

A state's income level is directly linked to the education levels of its residents. And we must support our schools - with real, tangible resources. There's no way of getting around that fact. And if you cut school spending during tough times, your state is going to suffer. Poverty rates will increase. Property crime will increase.

The erosion of the Hispanic vote with the Democratic Party has been consistent in the last three elections,

We applaud Southern Company for being a leader with corporate fleets giving their employees access to a cleaner means of transportation and for continuing the partnership in the federal fleet program,

What we are calling the second space age will open up a wide range of commercial opportunities, including point-to-point cargo delivery, with personal and business travel.

make sure American families keep warm this winter.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world.

The atmosphere there is the best I've seen in 15 years,

Well, does he still have his fingernails Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time.

They had a good pitcher. She struggled -- she wasn't on today, but when she needed to get a ground ball or a strikeout, she got it.

What California needs is a less congested transmission system, ... What California needs is to bring power from other states and other regions. The lack of federal legislation to permit that is hurting California.

What I want to do is, I want business leaders, small business, employers, to come together, ... A moderate (increase). A reasonable one that everybody can handle.

The United States reserves the right to oppose any arrangement that does not protect Security Council resolutions and what we perceive to be America's national interest,

The resolution makes clear how the junta can end these sanctions -- by restoring the legitimate government of Sierra Leone,

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

I was impressed by his (Aristide's) willingness to resolve the political crisis here, ... Aristide did tell me that he supports his president in the presidential view that there should be four more months of the U.N.

We think that refining capacity is adequate ... clearly the Middle East situation has caused a disturbance in oil prices.

We want to make sure there are additional security measures and resources to contain the flow of information through e-mail, fax, cyber and other forms of technological communication,

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.

Our objective is to show the personal side of Sen. Kerry -- his character, his Vietnam service, his leadership qualities,

The foreign visitors program is important to our national security, ... We want Russian scientists to know how they should control their nuclear weapons.... Let's not get hysterical and overreach.

My view is that the secretary should step aside. Besides the fact that the Iraq war has been mismanaged ... we should listen to what these generals are saying.

I know it is politically easy and popular to send money back to the taxpayers - but our schools need support, our teachers need raises, and our kids need health care, ... Unless I can be assured that these tax measures do not threaten other critical programs, I cannot support them.

We seem to have forgotten our workers. We seem to have forgotten to tell them that they may have been contaminated with plutonium -- that was wrong,

The objective of the trip is to move the diplomatic process forward started by Secretary of State Rice's new initiative that has allowed for serious bilateral talks within the six party format,

Here at Hanford, it appears that the fire has been contained, ... We're still concerned because there may be wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour.

We're going to focus on two important areas one is verification, the second is what steps are the North Koreans taking to dismantle their nuclear weapons concrete steps,

This is the wrong resolution at the wrong time, ... It will undermine our efforts to get the peace process back on track and hurt everyone's interests, including those it is most intended to help.

We know that kids with quality early learning opportunities are more likely to graduate from high school, more likely to graduate from college, and more likely to earn higher income. And we know for every one dollar we invest in early education, we save seven dollars down the line in welfare, special education, and criminal justice costs. Our children deserve the chance for an early start on success.

The steps that I have taken involve controlling e-mails out of the labs, trying to make sure that no classified information leaves the labs at the foreign countries,

New Mexico loses a great citizen and the world loses a great artist,

It was spontaneous based on what I saw at the time a very violent criminal situation at my border affecting the lives of my constituents,

I strongly believe that we made progress in our discussions in North Korea on the diplomatic front, on the nuclear front, on the humanitarian front,

Our policy is, it's better to engage the Chinese than isolate them. We have many differences with the Chinese, ... But we believe that by engaging China, we have achieved results in all these areas.

I'm not going to blame the president, ... Our system is so bureaucratic that it's difficult to get things done.

I think it's unfair to blame President Bush here, ... What I would blame is the bureaucratic red tape throughout the system that is out of control with little credibility and way too turf-conscience. Rather than point fingers in blame, the state and the federal governments need to develop a new emergency system.

We want to engage the Chinese, we don't want to isolate them, ... We want to talk to them about nuclear non-proliferation, about warhead safety, about cooperation on science. We're not giving them extra technology, sensitive technology, nuclear information.

As both the United States and the European Union expressed, we remain concerned that any cut in production has the potential to lower stock levels and contribute to volatility in the market,