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
senate united
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.
devoted education kept life
He devoted his whole life to education. He kept on giving, even after he retired.
christmas deficits government kids pay santa time
Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it.
bodies endless fiscal holes money pour
Aging bodies are fiscal black holes into which you can pour endless amounts of money.
environment immense importance issue
The environment issue is hydra-headed and complicated, but it is of immense importance that we understand how fast the world is changing.
advanced infinitely marginal medical procedure society surgical treatments
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 and surgical treatments that a technologically sophisticated and advanced society can give to aging bodies.
domestic effect petroleum rapid reserves
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 and on the farms.
country real america
America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.
peace war heart
Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.
firsts poor obligation
A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.
running myth policy
American public policy is run on a myth.
hate knows love-hate
Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.
heart ambition ghetto
Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society. With one wand you could wipe out all racism and discrimination from the hearts and minds of white America. The other wand you could wave across the ghettos and barrios of America and infuse the inhabitants with Japanese or Jewish values, respect for learning and ambition. ... I suggest that the best wand for society and for those who live in the ghettos and barrios would be the second wand.
wise political enough
Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.