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title: "2 Kitchen table Quotes By Dick Gephardt"
description: "2 Kitchen table quotes by Dick Gephardt. Plus more from Dick Gephardt and more Kitchen table sayings from other authors."
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> [The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/the-people-i-m-honored-to-represent-in-missouri-and-all-over-the/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/dick-gephardt-11719_addresses_the-people-i-m-honored-to-represent-in-m_1877120.jpg)

> [I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-hope-we-can-get-back-to-what-i-call-the-kitchen-table-everyday/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

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## More by Dick Gephardt

> [One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/one-of-the-big-mistakes-republicans-made-with-the-contract-with/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/if-you-want-to-run-for-president-you-better-be-an-athlete-it-s-24-7/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-was-raised-in-a-working-class-family-of-baptist-faith-and-i-went-to/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/in-1988-as-an-unknown-candidate-totally-unknown-i-won-iowa-came-in/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-don-t-think-you-can-be-a-good-listener-unless-you-re-a-good/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-grew-up-in-a-household-that-was-a-labor-household-my-dad-was-a/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/you-don-t-lock-into-a-ten-year-family-budget-you-take-it-a-year-at-a/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/america-is-a-great-country-we-are-so-wealthy-but-our-one-remaining/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-think-a-lot-of-people-think-i-was-born-in-a-blue-suit-on-the-david/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-think-it-s-time-we-had-a-president-who-carried-the-same-life/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/our-democracy-if-self-cleansing-if-you-don-t-like-it-be-a-candidate/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/diplomacy-matters-burden-sharing-matters-follow-through-matters-and/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [Politics is a substitute for violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/politics-is-a-substitute-for-violence/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-ve-always-had-good-energy-i-ve-always-had-good-health/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

> [I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gephardt/i-have-been-a-long-and-strong-supporter-of-civil-rights-in-my-whole/)

[Dick Gephardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gephardt/)

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