Dick Gephardt Quotes

Dick Gephardt delivers blunt political commentary on war, peace and policy, perfect for anyone wanting a raw take.

18 quotes

Politics is a substitute for violence.

#1
This president is a miserable failure on foreign policy and on the economy and he's got to be replaced.

#2
I'm not getting out until they cut my head off and hand it to me.

#3
I never felt it was inevitable that we had to go to war.

#4
It's a great day for our troops, for this administration, for the people of Iraq. My hope is that this will decrease the violence our troops will have to face.

#5
I want to say a special thank you to every member of every labor union in this country who has stood by my side ... throughout my career. Your fight is my fight, and it will always be that way.

#6
Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.
Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.
I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.
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.
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.
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. And then if the income really comes in the way you hope it does, then you can make some of those expenditures that you've been waiting to make. We think that same principle should apply to the national family we call America.
America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And the only way we can do that is to try to bring everybody together to a higher place.
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 am much more that kid who grew up in South St. Louis, in a very modest household, with a simple background with parents who didn't get through high school.
I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.
Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.
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 matter the surge of momentary machismo -- as gratifying as it may be for some -- it's short-sighted and wrong to simply go it alone.
I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.