If you want to run for president, you better be an athlete. It's 24/7. It never ends. You give up your personal… — 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
If the economy is still going forward, even at 40 miles an hour, 50 miles an hour, I think most people will… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
And the president should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, action.' — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
When you succeed (with legislation), that feeling is exhilaration. And it takes leadership from a president, which means you meet with members… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok. — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '50s and '60s when Jack Kennedy was president. We would watch him on television. And our teachers… — 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.… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
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
