Bill Richardson People Quotations

This is a political campaign, ... I am the energy secretary for the Clinton-Gore administration. I want to fix the problem and I want to fix it with you. Oil industry profits are up. American people have questions about the high price of oil.

I think the Democratic Party is about family, about unity, about bringing people together. We're all in this together. We're all trying to rebuild the economy together.

This is a great job. The best job I've ever had. Because I go to work for the people of New Mexico everyday. And I've tried to follow a few simple lessons to serve the people well. Be bold. Never fail to act. Keep your promises. And make a difference.

It's a political statement and it's hurting people and it could cost lives.

Generational transitions within parties are always tough. I think Ed represents change that is difficult for a lot of people to accept. But it's good change.

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

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.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

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.

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.

My people on my side asked me to take this step, and I've done so reluctantly, ... As governor, I have to protect the people I represent.

Every dollar governors are forced to cut out of our budgets is a dollar that's not going into the economy. . . . Every job that must be cut is another statistic in already escalating unemployment figures. . . . Every person who loses the support and services on which they rely for their livelihood and security leaves us poorer as a people and as a nation.

Based on news stories last year, some people may think that the department is solely a national security agency, ... But the fact is that the Department of Energy is at its heart a science agency. Forty percent, or $7.6 billion, of the fiscal year 2001 budget request is for research and development .... We are by far the nation's largest government agency in the physical sciences and in building and operating research facilities.

I'm also sending a message to the Congress and the American people that we will do everything we can to guard our nation's secrets.

This policy reverses a decades-old Energy Department practice of opposing claims filed by people who helped build America's toughest defenses, ... They are people who became ill after working with very hazardous materials under dangerous conditions.

We don't know the extent of the full damage. It is serious, but the FBI and our law enforcement people at Los Alamos are pursuing this vigorously.

We don't know the extent of the full damage, ... It is serious, but the FBI and our law enforcement people at Los Alamos are pursuing this vigorously.

It's a massive earthquake, ... There are a lot of people dead, a lot of babies... It was a pretty terrifying scene.