My healthcare plan puts more money into average families' pockets than the Bush tax cuts... He's got a lousy tax cut. It's only good for the super wealthy. I've got a tax cut that will help ordinary people. — 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 stick with President Obama. I think people look at politics like they hire a plumber. I hire you… — 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
