“I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. Wh...” — Susana Martinez Quote

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Raising taxes does nothing to allow the economy to recover.

My father was a security guard. I was a security guard.

I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime.

New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me.

We've always been value-driven with things like gratitude, curiosity, courage, humility and a sense of community.