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 Quote

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. It is education that allows us to see that we are in this for the long haul, and it is education that will give us the tools we need to build a better future.
- Bill Richardson Quote

Every four years, it goes by one percent to one party, then to another party, generally Republican. But it's become so important because presidential elections, at least the last three, have been so close.
- Bill Richardson Quote (PBS, October 2008)

I simply say that we've made progress in education, in per capita income, DWI. Yeah, we're at the bottom of a lot of lists, but we've made progress in a lot of areas.
- Bill Richardson Quote (The Albuquerque Tribune, Febraury 2007)

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 Quote

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.
- Bill Richardson Quote

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
- Bill Richardson Quote

The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
- Bill Richardson Quote

Those are just mean-spirited rumors. If you look at my record, there's never been anything published. I've been confirmed twice by the U.S. Senate. I've been vetted by the FBI. I was confirmed by the Senate for Cabinet positions. I've been through seven elections for Congress, two for governor.
- Bill Richardson Quote (The Albuquerque Tribune, Febraury 2007)

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.
- Bill Richardson Quote

We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.
- Bill Richardson Quote

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 Quote

Well, the good news is that I have a record on ethanol. When I was a congressman, I pushed the first initiatives in the Clean Air Act that made ethanol a strong alternative source of energy. And so I believe that I'm going after every state.
- Bill Richardson Quote (The Albuquerque Tribune, Febraury 2007)

What needs to happen on the ground is massive, massive organization, massive turnout in the Hispanic areas, which is northern New Mexico, the Democratic base.
- Bill Richardson Quote  (PBS, October 2008)

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