Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
William Blaine "Bill" Richardson IIIis an American politician who was 30th Governor of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. In December 2008, he was nominated for the cabinet-level position of Secretary of Commerce in the first Obama administration but withdrew a month later...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 November 1947
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We're a superpower with a Third World grid.
I don't have all the answers. I need your help, your guidance, and your leadership to tackle the challenges before us.
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.
Make no mistake, the point of cutting the personal income tax and the capital gains cut is to send an unmistakable message to business.
You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up.
You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.
"Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."
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.
Natural gas is the future. It is here.
We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.
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.
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.