Bitterness Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— Dick Gephardt

Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.

— 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…

— Dick Gephardt