John Hickenlooper Quotes
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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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Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.
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Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.
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People turn off the news, stop reading in-depth magazine articles - especially young people. Look at the increasing reluctance of young people to vote. I think a lot of that is directly - you can lay it at the feet of these negative campaigns and relentless attack ads.
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Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we get in our car? Yeah. Are we materially less safe now than we were 10 years ago? Whatever delta there is, it's very small.
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I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.
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In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
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Fracking is an industrial process, but it can be done safely. It's government's job to make sure it can be done safely.
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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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I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.
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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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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.
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A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
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Let's face it: the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies oftentimes when they had no violent crimes.
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Government requires bringing people together and genuinely hearing their issues. It requires the establishment and strengthening of community.
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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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This country is built on free speech.
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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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We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.
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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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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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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.
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My father had a handgun on the bedside table, and we were all taught to handle firearms.
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I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.