Political Quotes

“in 1893 Katharine Lee Bates made her way up the slopes of Pikes Peak and first wrote the words to one of America's greatest patriotic hymns, poeticizing ``purple mountain majesties'' and ``amber waves of grain.'' One hundred years ago, Enos Mills helped preserve ``mountain scenes of exceptional beauty and grandeur,'' giving to the country the crown jewel of American splendor, Rocky Mountain National Park. For over a century, visionaries such as John Iliff helped to settle the high plains of Colorado, described by Ian Frazier as a ``heroic place,'' an expanse of splendid isolation with unparalleled sense of space and generations of pioneers. This is Colorado. From west to east and north to south, the beauty, heritage, and vitality of Colorado calls and beckons across our Nation and the world to those looking and longing for a place to call home, to live and work, to visit and vacation. Our love for Colorado drives us to be better stewards of the land, to reach for solutions to great challenges, and to find optimism in every vale and valley. For generations, we have challenged our sons and daughters to always look up--look up to that great Rocky Mountain horizon--as our ever-young State and our ever-hopeful attitude live peak to peak--the honor of living in the west, a land of opportunity and new beginnings.…”