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Dick Gephardt

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

— Dick Gephardt love

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

— Dick Gephardt life

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.

— Dick Gephardt freedom

I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.

— Dick Gephardt education

I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.

— Dick Gephardt art

In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out.

— Dick Gephardt money

My mother used to say, 'You gotta exercise.' She would really pound on me to exercise every day. She was very physically fit; she was on the basketball team in high school in St. Louis in the 1920s, when women didn't do that. And she taught me to play tennis, taught me to walk and run, and I ran for 30 years pretty religiously.

— Dick Gephardt women

I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.

— Dick Gephardt good

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, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

— Dick Gephardt good

Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family.

— Dick Gephardt love

Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

— Dick Gephardt education

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

— Dick Gephardt democracy

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

— Dick Gephardt hope

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.

— Dick Gephardt man

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.

— Dick Gephardt life

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 men

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.

— Dick Gephardt work

I have been a long and strong supporter of civil rights in my whole career. I led the fight to get the voting rights act re-enacted. I have been a strong supporter of affirmative action. I believe in it strongly.

— Dick Gephardt action

I've always believed as a value that the government has a vital - not overwhelming, but vital - role to play in furthering human welfare and good. I think we have an important supportive role to play, hopefully intelligent and sensible.

— Dick Gephardt hope

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 people

The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to propose one.

— Dick Gephardt

The sanctity of a woman's right to control her own destiny is a moral force of its own... I came to realize that the question of choice is to be answered, not by the state, but by the individual.

— Dick Gephardt destiny

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 life

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 running

I've thought a lot about the world and how George Bush sees the world and it ain't even close.

— Dick Gephardt world

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