Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop. I believe that what we’re developing in Denver is in no appreciable way different than what we’re doing in Los Angeles – did in Los Angeles and are still doing. But I think we have developed the Los Angeles model of city-building, and I think it is unfortunate. Richard Lamm Read Quote
It was almost a desecration to put a building on the Boulder Turnpike, which is now U.S.-36 and is almost backyards and even junkyards all the way up. We didn’t have to put development just cheek to jowl all the way up to Boulder. There’s enough room in Colorado! But we did. Richard Lamm Read Quote
America has to ask itself not what it wants, but what it can afford… The New Deal, in my mind, has become a raw deal for my children. Richard Lamm Read Quote
Aging bodies are fiscal black holes into which you can pour endless amounts of money. Richard Lamm Read Quote
If I wanted to be president of the United States, I’d run for the Senate in 1986. And I’m just not going to do it. Richard Lamm Read Quote
The very controversial National Identification Act of 1991, requiring all United States citizens to carry identification, has greatly enhanced the ability of law enforcement officers to identify criminals and terrorists. Richard Lamm Read Quote
