Richard Lamm Quotes

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.

There will be scandals. There will be scandals. And then maybe we can reform again.

Real change begins with ridding Washington of corruption, of which there's plenty going around.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?

We didn't come here to become Washington, we came here to change Washington.

If I were in politics, and if you ever get me in the White House, trust me, there's a big change coming. What happened to America? We lost our roots.

You can reform a political culture, but it’s a big lift. First, the voters would have to convince the legislators that they’re being watched by someone other than the lobbyists. Then they’d have to press for laws that would force a change of behavior, like nonpartisan redistricting and ethics reform. Then the voters would have to follow up, year after year, until the old guard was replaced by a whole new generation who went into politics with dreams of drafting serious legislation, rather than just bringing more stuff back into the district or, at worst, shaking down some landlord at the airport for a thousand bucks.

When I grow up I’m going to change the government.

We proved that with civility, common sense, building bridges, working with coalitions and working with people one at a time, we could do something. … I can speak for the middle. … The real issue is the system itself.

My goal is to make it so that the situation which we see at every election - the same candidates, the same faces... to turn the situation around and completely change it.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

I'm focused on bringing real change to Washington because the career politicians have screwed things up so badly.

In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.

Americans understand that the game is rigged, and they've had enough of it. They're ready to fight back. They want a Washington that works for them, i think that people are getting more engaged, politically, and they're seeing through a lot of the rhetoric that politicians have been throwing out there for a long time. They want to see some real change, and I think that's what we need to work on.

I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are ... Not this time. Not now.

It's not just enough to change the president if we want to change America.

I think the system is broken; most people think that it's broken. And we think that what we're going to do is invigorate the political system and allow for this country to be turned around.

The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country.

I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.