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 Read Quote
Those who have prospered and profited from life’s lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
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. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
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 Read Quote
One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people revolted against it. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
My parents wanted me to be a Baptist minister. I was a youth minister in my church when I was still in college. And I was in a lot of theater in high school, and at Northwestern. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
The people I’m honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
Tom Daschle and I worked together on Families First every step of the way, making sure that Democrats in both the House and Senate were involved in putting the agenda together. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
Unlike the Contract with America, which was created by Washington pollsters and insiders, Families First was developed from the grassroots up. Congressional Democrats from across the country spent months meeting with people back home, asking them what issues were important to them, and what Congress could do to make their lives a little easier. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
In 1993, as House Democratic Leader, I led the fight to pass the Clinton-Gore economic plan – a plan designed to slash the deficit, invest in education, cut taxes for working families, and ask the wealthy among us to pay their fair share… Not one Republican voted for that plan. They said it was a job killer. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
