Top 15 Richard Lugar Quotes

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There should be a response, clearly, if there was meddl

There should be a response, clearly, if there was meddling. And it does appear that there was some, and therefore, we perhaps should wait for our own investigation by Mr. Mueller to continue and to come to a conclusion before we begin to take steps regarding the Russians.
Richard Lugar
Of other countries, to impose economic sanctions, it’d really begin to dry up the enormous amount of money coming into North Korea, a lot of it from China – from Chinese banks – whereas, if we sanction the Chinese banks, there could be friction with China. But this is something we’re going to have to face.
Richard Lugar
When I was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president back in 1995, 1996, I advocated the fair tax.
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.
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.
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.
Richard Lugar
Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country.
Richard Lugar
I have no salary from the Lugar Center. Essentially, the moneys we have received has been from foundations.
Richard Lugar
I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.
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.
Richard Lugar
Declining overseas admissions costs us not only much needed revenues for colleges and universities, but much more importantly, we lose the best opportunity we have to introduce foreign students to all that America has to offer the world.
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.
Richard Lugar
It’s very unlikely that we’re going to send more troops to Iraq. We are going to have to train the Iraqis faster and harder.
Richard Lugar
We believe – most polls indicate – a lack of support, a lack of confidence in the ability of the Congress to work. That is disturbing in terms of our general democracy.
Richard Lugar
Very rarely does food enhance the conversation. If the food is really good, there’ll be much less conversation because you’d be concentrating too much on the food.
Richard Lugar