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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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A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.
John Hickenlooper
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When your economy is not growing that fast, everybody's got to bite the bullet.
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I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.
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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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In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
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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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This country is built on free speech.
John Hickenlooper
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We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.
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In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take.
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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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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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To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.
John Hickenlooper
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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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Colorado is known for many great things.
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If the two economies can figure out how to waltz... I think there is benefit for Colorado colleges and universities, and I think there are benefits for Cuba as well.
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Many of the basic lessons of business, such as the critical value of customer service or measuring risk against reward when investing capital, have essential application in government, but not in a vacuum.
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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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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.
John Hickenlooper
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Sustainable jobs are created by the private sector.
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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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The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.
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Universal background checks work. You keep the guns out of the hands of dangerous people. That shouldn't be partisan - that should be something we can all agree to, but it became this huge battle and, you know, really, really a challenge.
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