“Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.” CountryEnergyKeysBenefitsPerformancesIndependenceEnvironmentalOur CountryFuelComponentsEthanolEnergy Independence Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” WorldTryingLooksDoeImportantEyeAgeImaginationTaughtHugeGrandchildren Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” FirstsChildrenProblemSchoolUnderstandingResponsibilityPovertyKeysMembersExtraordinaryCriticalBoardsMealsLatchesSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” PersonsStatesHumanityUnitedResponsibilityPovertyUnited StatesConflictDiseaseCuresLifts Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” PeopleWorldLawValuesOpportunityResponsibilityMoralDemocracyConceptsMajorityConvincedEnterpriseRule Of LawFree EnterpriseMoral Responsibility Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” YearsPolicyVictoryCommitForeign PolicyShortcuts Author:Richard Lugar
“We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.” PerfectWeaponsNuclearAccountabilityChemicalsChemical WeaponsBiological Weapons Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” PeopleDemocracyFateElectionRussiaDespitePostsCommunistSovietCollapseAmbiguityAmbiguousPersonal Freedom Author:Richard Lugar
“I think there is a commitment on the part of the White House to racial justice in this country, and no ambiguity.” ThinkingCountryHouseJusticeWhiteCommitmentWhite HouseAmbiguityRacial Justice Author:Richard Lugar
“As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.” NeedsMatterOpportunityEconomicMastersCitizensPracticalsImmigrantsParticipating Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” IfsYoungReadingOffersImportanceNotesThoughtfulIf I CouldHelpfulOddsSuccess In LifeHintsHoosiers Author:Richard Lugar
“We have the responsibility to ensure that our first impulse in foreign affairs is one of bipartisanship.” FirstsResponsibilityAffairImpulseForeign AffairsBipartisanship Author:Richard Lugar
“By furthering the use of ethanol, farmers are presented with the opportunity to produce a cash crop by collecting their agricultural wastes.” UseOpportunityProduceWasteFarmersCashAgricultureCropsCollectingEthanol Author:Richard Lugar
“I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.” StatesAmericaFriendshipUnitedUnited StatesRaisesGlassesRussia Author:Richard Lugar
