I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan. — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
If you want to run for president, you better be an athlete. It's 24/7. It never ends. You give up your personal life completely… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do,… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
You don't lock into a ten-year family budget. You take it a year at a time - maybe even six months at a time. And then if the income really comes in the way you hope it does, then you can make some of those expenditures that you've been waiting to make. We think that same principle should apply to… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share
America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people think I was born in a blue suit, on the David Brinkley show. And that isn't me. I… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans. — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate. — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Diplomacy matters. Burden-sharing matters. Follow-through matters. And yes, sustaining the peace is harder, more complex and often costlier than winning the war itself. No… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
