Richard Lamm
Richard Lamm
Richard Douglas "Dick" Lammis an American politician, writer, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado as a Democratand ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 September 1935
CountryUnited States of America
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If I wanted to be president of the United States, I'd run for the Senate in 1986. And I'm just not going to do it.
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He devoted his whole life to education. He kept on giving, even after he retired.
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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 elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change.
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All we know about the new economic world is that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness.
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We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.
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With the mayor, people recognize that illegal immigrants are so ubiquitous in our society that it could happen to anybody. You hire a lawn crew, someone to come in and redo your basement, who knows what you'll get.
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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 for an individual to be bilingual; it is a curse for a society to be bilingual.
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He didn't work for money. He worked because he loved kids and education.
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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 its technology and fancy buildings.
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We've got a duty to die and get out of the way with all of our machines and artificial hearts and everything else like that and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life.