Democracy is interactive… It’s a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
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. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Why would we want to keep a tax cut that’s failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let’s help average people. Let’s be Democrats. Dick Gephardt Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
