I was against it from the beginning because we were worried about a spike in teenage consumption, so we had to put in a system, even though I opposed it, to make sure that we gave it a fair chance to work -- states are the laboratories of democracy. John Hickenlooper More Quotes by John Hickenlooper More Quotes From John Hickenlooper Even as we continue to carry the banner of civil rights and environmental justice, we've also got to focus on many, many people - for them, life starts with a good job. John Hickenlooper rights justice jobs "On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned ... but it sent millions of kids to prison, gave them felonies often times when they had no violent crimes ... I was against this, but I can see why so many people supported it." John Hickenlooper marijuana war kids Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its past. John Hickenlooper denver cities past Medicaid is one of the rare times where Democratic governors are saying, "Hey, states' rights." We don't want the federal government coming in and telling us how to do our environmental remediation or how we're going to do our healthcare. John Hickenlooper environmental government rights In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many politicians judge their success by how high their enemies are and whether they can show that they can hold their ground and give a punch for every punch they take. John Hickenlooper judging giving enemy There's nothing wrong with the Democratic Party that talks more about - and more loudly about - jobs, and cutting red tape, and bureaucracy, making it easier for entrepreneurs to start jobs, making it easier for businesses to grow and create more jobs. That has historically been the wheelhouse of the Democratic Party. John Hickenlooper cutting party jobs I look at some of the things that Donald Trump will do around cutting red tape, reducing bureaucracy, helping entrepreneurs, helping businesses grow more rapidly, more access to capital - I'm all for it. That's all stuff that I've been trying to do in Colorado. John Hickenlooper entrepreneur cutting trying I think the political reality for the Democratic Party is, you know, there are two sides. There's one side saying that we weren't liberal enough and another side saying we're too liberal. I think they're both right. John Hickenlooper party reality thinking I may not have voted for Donald Trump, but I'm an American first. My entire administration is going to do everything we can to make him as successful as we can. John Hickenlooper successful may firsts Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to hire 55 people to run the city, it was hard to imagine any honeymoon. John Hickenlooper cities running people A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens. John Hickenlooper citizens cities faces The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get! John Hickenlooper party fighting dream "On unanticipated problems: There's been "a dramatic increase in edibles." And "no one had ever worried about dosage sizes. The original edibles that came out, once you took the packaging off there was nothing to show it was any different than candy." John Hickenlooper packaging marijuana different "As Colorado attempts to build its brand as a healthy state, marijuana "dilutes what you're trying to do." John Hickenlooper marijuana healthy trying "One of the governor's concerns: "This high-THC marijuana, what can it do to a brain that is still developing?" John Hickenlooper concern marijuana brain People don't realize that almost two-thirds of the population in the United States lives in a state where either medical or recreational marijuana are now legal. Two-thirds of the country. I am looking at it as kind of a 10th Amendment, states'-rights issue. John Hickenlooper marijuana rights country I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn't pose a serious environmental issue. John Hickenlooper environmental issues energy America is always attracting people, from all over the earth. John Hickenlooper earth america people You looked at Stanford or Harvard, or the University of Colorado, these were powerful engines just turning out people ready to create and grow businesses. John Hickenlooper colorado powerful people Almost all government starts at a very local level at some point. John Hickenlooper locals levels government
