Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.

- Richard Lamm

A Confucian or Jewish love of learning would gain minorities far more than any affirmative action laws we might pass.

- Richard Lamm

Amnesty is a big billboard, a flashing billboard, to the rest of the world that we don't really mean our immigration law.

- Richard Lamm

All we know about the new economic world is that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued i…

- Richard Lamm

America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew o…

- Richard Lamm

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their ki…

- Richard Lamm

We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.

- Richard Lamm

Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society. With one wand you could wipe out all racism and discri…

- Richard Lamm

I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things n…

- Richard Lamm