John Hickenlooper Quotes
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I never ran for student council or class president or any of that stuff. I didn't hang out with those people. It was just a different universe from the one I inhabited.
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The old system, the War on Drugs, was a train wreck.
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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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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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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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In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
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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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Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.
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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.
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I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.
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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 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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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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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 requires bringing people together and genuinely hearing their issues. It requires the establishment and strengthening of community.
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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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This country is built on free speech.
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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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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 don't want the federal government coming in and telling us how to do our environmental remediation or how we're going to do our healthcare.
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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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We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.
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I think I was in 10th or 11th grade before I ever read a book for pleasure.
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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.