Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
[on compromise immigration bill] This is fundamentally flawed in its current form, and I would oppose it. We need bipartisanship, but we also need legislation that is compassionate. I’m not sure this is.
Bill Richardson
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Bill Richardson
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 15
Baseball Player
Business Consultant
Diplomat
Former Governor Of New Mexico
Politician
Writer
Pasadena
California
William Blaine Richardson III
William Blaine Bill Richardson III
Need
Bill
Would
Immigration
Compromise
Oppose
Bills
Fundamentally
Tears
Flawed
Sure
Legislation
Form
Compassionate
Also
Current
More quotes by Bill Richardson
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.
Bill Richardson
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
Bill Richardson
Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care and education, safer at home, positive themes. And respected abroad -- a foreign policy with alliances.
Bill Richardson
I want all Hispanics in the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party, whether Latin Americans, Central Americans, Cubans, Mexicans, I want us to unite.
Bill Richardson
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world
Bill Richardson
Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business leaders.
Bill Richardson
Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.
Bill Richardson
I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.
Bill Richardson
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants enlightenment the salvation of the free.
Bill Richardson
I'm not a big believer in doing things unilaterally. I'm a big believer in opening up a dialogue and figuring out how we can make something work for all people.
Bill Richardson
I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.
Bill Richardson
Natural gas is the future. It is here.
Bill Richardson
We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.
Bill Richardson
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
Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.
Bill Richardson
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
When did sentimental become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a film that bypasses the brain and aims straight for the heart . . . should automatically be heaped with scorn. I think it is symptomatic of a sad and dangerous impoverishment of spirit.
Bill Richardson
I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today.
Bill Richardson
We're a superpower with a third world grid.
Bill Richardson
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
