John Hickenlooper Quotes
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We have this tradition of the Second Amendment and people's rights to self-defense and a certain suspicion that the government can't be trusted.
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I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.
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Wellington Webb was one of the most significant mayors of the latter half of the 20th century. His natural political instincts are almost unrivaled.
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I try to go to concerts whenever I can, just because I love music.
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In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
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When you grow up a fatherless son, in many ways you have to raise yourself. No one tells you what looks good on you, how to carry yourself, or provides the approval. Without a father, you grow up never knowing what you didn't have. There is no intimate model of who you want to become, so it's as if you're always guessing.
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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.
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Voters are tired of us kicking the can down the road, because they know it's going to land in a pothole.
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I started out here in Colorado as a geologist. During a downturn, everyone in our company got laid off.
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Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job.
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There can be an energy in a populist campaign that isn't always in the best interest of the party.
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If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
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We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.
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To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.
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Infrastructure is more than laying new roads and expanding transit: it's running the fiber and deploying new technologies for reliable, affordable Internet in every part of the state.
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If I can convince people that good people don't do attack ads, and that we want good people to represent us, then the attack ads work against themselves.
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If you don't trust the media, they are not going to trust you, and if they don't trust you, it's hard for the public to trust you.
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When someone's kind of a braggart to the bully... it makes me on edge just because I live that, and I don't think that's a model we want for our kids in this country.
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Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.
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Any businessman will tell you that transportation is fundamental to success.
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Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.
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The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!
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I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.
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In terms of all kinds of things, in terms of educational reform, in terms of health care, transportation, Colorado has a chance to be a national model.