Richard Lugar Quotes
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We have the responsibility to ensure that our first impulse in foreign affairs is one of bipartisanship.
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There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.
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I think there is a commitment on the part of the White House to racial justice in this country, and no ambiguity.
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.
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Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.
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As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.
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I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world.
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The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.
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If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would simply note the importance of thoughtful reading.
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We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
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By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes.
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That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.
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I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.
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Grandchildren have taught me how important the future is. I try to look through their eyes and envision what's in their imagination. What's the world going to look like when they're my age? That really does take a huge imagination.