Dick Gephardt Quotes (115 Quotes)

We need a leader who can defeat George Bush in November in the general election, and we need a leader who we all know can walk into that Oval Office tomorrow afternoon and be a great president of the United States. That leader is John Kerry, and I'm proud to endorse him to be the president of the United States of America.

I do not support gay marriage, but I hope the Massachusetts state legislature will act in a manner that is consistent with today's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling.

Al Gore and Joe Lieberman enjoy strong support with our caucus for what they are doing to try to get every vote counted in Florida,

the Republicans control the Congress. The Republicans have an obligation, their responsibility in that position of controlling the majority to bring out and produce a budget. They haven't done it. They are woefully late.

My dad was a Teamster, ... I think there are a lot of working families out there that want a candidate for president and want a president that will remember the struggle that people go through every day to make a living, to raise their kids, to educate their kids, to have health care for their family.

I think the American people said very clearly -- they rejected the extremism of the Republicans. That's why we won seats in the House. So, if they got the message from the American people that we have, we can meet in the middle and get these things done.

Declaring that government's highest responsibility is to keep people safe, ... I don't want another 911. I don't want weapons of mass destruction used in this society.

We have a big job of reconciling the people in Iraq. We need to pull together that international coalition that we should have gotten together a long time ago,

He will play a key role in helping to build a bright future for our country, ... And I look forward to working closely with him as a friend and partner.

If the Republicans had been willing to come to the middle and compromise and reach a consensus on the budget then we could have gotten the budget balanced last year, we could have done it the year before.

We obviously should pass a resolution by saying that we stand behind the troops. I would hope that we do not take up impeachment until the hostilities have completely ended.

This is the number one issue all across the United States today,

Bush refuses to fund important country-of-origin labeling provisions for meat and has ignored the need for resources at the FDA and USDA to inspect the agricultural products coming across our borders.

We fully support the president's decision today to undertake military action with our allies against Iraq. Saddam Hussein's defiance of U. N. weapons inspectors is a clear violation of the international community's determination to ensure that Iraq no longer poses a threat to the region.

I think people in the days ahead are going to really wonder what has happened on those issues.

We've got the biggest army on the ground. And we've connected with voters out here ... People are ready to go today. I was all over the state yesterday. We've got lots of excitement.

The Democratic Party is the only party in the country that's talking about their concerns, and trying to do something about them, ... I think Republicans will pay a dear price in November because they have not dealt with peoples' everyday kitchen-table problems, but rather have been interested in investigating everybody and everyone in an endless fashion.

the only responsible course of action.

We strongly object to this matter coming up tomorrow or the next day or any day in which our young men and women in the military are in harm's way,

I cannot condone the relationship the president has acknowledged and I am very disappointed in his personal conduct. I do however respect the responsibility he has taken for his action.

You need to tell what happened in the House--the drug companies wrote the bill, and they wouldn't even let us bring up our alternative. It's a total capitulation to special interests Keep going.

I told him we needed to try to work better together and I would try to make that happen, ... And he seemed positive about it.

I have not stated in any conversation with anyone that I'm going to run for the presidential nomination.

Like father, like son, four years and this president is done.

indicates to me once again that the delay wasn't to go through the committee. The delay was to allow the NRA to lobby.

We're losing a number of Capitol Police who are going to other law enforcement jurisdictions and operations, in part because of the time commitment here and, in part, because there are a lot of new opportunities, unfortunately, in the security field,

We need to find a way to respect each other, trust each other and work together to solve the long-term challenges America faces,

If the process of possible impeachment must begin, it is one of the most serious responsibilities Congress will undertake and it must be conducted in a bipartisan manner,

To me, there is no room for the cynical politics of manufactured anger and false conviction.

Howard Dean travels the country and yells and pounds the podium against NAFTA, against the secrecy of the Bush-Cheney White House and against insider corporate deals.

If this were a national foreign policy crisis, we would be on the floor this week, ... We should be on the floor this week, talking about ideas that would begin to solve this problem.

He Bush said he wanted to be a compassionate conservative, ... He said he wanted prosperity with a purpose. He said he wanted to leave no child behind. I think the theme that he has really acted out over these 100 days is to leave no special interest behind in almost everything that's been done.

If the president can get an agreement with the Republicans that is fair and reasonable and honest and it does not violate, as I'm sure it would not, his principles and our principles and beliefs, he ought to do that,

I think by even President Bush's own standards, the themes that he used in the campaign and after, he hasn't measured up,

We must stop this deadly disease at our borders at all cost. It's the government's highest responsibility to keep Americans safe. That includes the food at our grocery stores,

should have the support of the Congress and the public with sending our service men and women into harm's way. I am very concerned that we have not acted on a resolution of support already.

in order to beat George Bush, you've got to beat him all across the top of the country, not just in California and New York, but in places like Missouri and Ohio and West Virginia.

I told the president on 912, the day after 911, that we had to trust one another, that we had to try to put politics aside, to try to prevent further acts of terrorism,

I didn't notice the Senate wanting to put the House bill that we passed, twice, on their calendar, unchanged, and have no amendments on it,

lost control of Congress in 1994, and lost four more times since then. ... We can't afford another losing national campaign against George W. Bush and the Republicans.

While Dean counts the Vermont prescription drug program as an accomplishment, the truth is he put it on the chopping block four separate times. When the chips were down and Dean had to choose between balancing the budget and cutting prescription drugs for seniors, Governor Dean chose budget gamesmanship. That is not the type of president I would be.

Members understand the importance of what is being done here and they want to do it right,

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

in grave danger of weakening the world economy.

He got it from the president, and now he got it from Congress.

This administration has no plan, no vision, no answer beyond simplistic knee-jerk tax cuts for the wealthiest among us.

I'm a parent of three children. If I thought that some politician was playing with their lives for political purposes, I'd be morally outraged.

They realize they can't hold the majority unless they spend millions in soft money,

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

I do, however, respect the responsibility he has taken for his action and I am hopeful he and his family can find the peace and privacy they will need to see them through what must be a very painful time in their lives, ... It is my most fervent hope for the nation that this investigation can be brought to its long overdue conclusion, and that in the days ahead, the president and the Congress can pour our energies into a meaningful agenda for the country.