The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education. – Bill Richardson
As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day – like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy. – Bill Richardson
The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq. – Bill Richardson
Fracking is doable if theres full disclosure of all chemicals used. Secondly, science dictates the policy rather than politics. Third, theres collaboration between environmental groups and the natural gas industry. – Bill Richardson
Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. – Michael Gove