Howard Dean

The war in Iraq was unwinnable.

— Howard Dean

I've waffled before. I'll waffle again.

— Howard Dean

The idea that we're going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong.

— Howard Dean

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

— Howard Dean

Every single American has a voice and ... it ought to be heard in the halls of power every day.

— Howard Dean

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

— Howard Dean

I think we had quite enough capitalism in the last eight years; I think we need some regulation now.

— Howard Dean

The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country.

— Howard Dean

I don't mind being called a liberal. I just don't really think it's true.

— Howard Dean

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.

— Howard Dean

“The fatal combination of Republican craveness and Democratic cowardice wasn't having an awful effect solely on the U.S. economy. It was proving…

— Howard Dean

What I want to know is why in the world the Democratic party leadership is supporting the president's unilateral attack on Iraq?

— Howard Dean

The French will always do exactly the opposite on what the United States wants regardless of what happens, so we're never going…

— Howard Dean

I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values…

— Howard Dean

John Kerry's position and my position are not very different about what we would do. Interestingly enough, neither is George Bush's position…

— Howard Dean

There is a Party of fiscal responsibility... economic responsibility... social responsibility... civic responsibility... personal responsibility... and moral responsibility. That party is the…

— Howard Dean

I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called.

— Howard Dean

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they…

— Howard Dean

You think people can work all day and then pick up their kids at child care or wherever and get home and…

— Howard Dean

I'm interested in getting John Kerry elected President. And then I'm interested in doing whatever I can to see that Democrats retain…

— Howard Dean

The pitfall of what's happening in the media is if you're under thirty, you get your news from the Internet and The…

— Howard Dean

I intend to talk about race during this election in the South because the Republicans have been talking about it since 1968…

— Howard Dean

I talked for a long time about that, what I call the hate wing of the Republican Party.And often been criticized for…

— Howard Dean

As governor, I came to believe that the death penalty would be a just punishment for certain, especially heinous crimes, such as…

— Howard Dean

Not only are we going to New Hampshire ... we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and…

— Howard Dean

The Iraqi prime minister is an anti-Semite. We don't need to spend $200 and $300 and $500 billion dollars bringing democracy to…

— Howard Dean

There's not one person in this crowd who's gonna agree with everything I say. Not one.

— Howard Dean

Tom DeLay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence.

— Howard Dean

I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

— Howard Dean

We will ultimately be judged by how we react in times of trouble and how we care for the least among us.

— Howard Dean

I don't care what you label me as long as you call me president.

— Howard Dean

If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.

— Howard Dean

We know that no one person can succeed unless everybody else succeeds.

— Howard Dean

I have a great sense of humor, but it has an ironic twist to it.

— Howard Dean

I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

— Howard Dean

We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mousepads, shoe leather and hope.

— Howard Dean

Every day it becomes clearer that this was the wrong war at the wrong time.

— Howard Dean

John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

— Howard Dean

The idea that the United States is going to win the war in Iraq is just plain wrong.

— Howard Dean

Stop scapegoating immigrants[Stop using] outrageous phrases like 'illegal aliens.'

— Howard Dean