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.

More Quotes by Bill Richardson

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

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

We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.

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

I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

We're a superpower with a Third World grid.