List of Dick Gephardt Quotes

I've Always Had Good Energy; I've Always Had Good Health.

You Know, When You're In Public Life, Everything You Do Is Out There. But I Am Proud To Stand On My Record.

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'm Running For President Because I've Had Enough Of The Oil Barons, The Status-quo Apologists, The Special-interest Lobbyists Running Amok.

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.

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 In Some Cases Busing Did Improve The Situation In Some Areas; In Some Cases It Didn't. We Had Busing In St. Louis, And It Has Been Ended And We Are Using Other Methods Of Trying To Better Integrate The Schools.

We Are All So Privileged To Be Citizens Of America, And We All Need To Be Engaged.

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 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.

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.

If You Want To Run For President, You Better Be An Athlete. It's 24/7. It Never Ends. You Give Up Your Personal Life Completely And You Have Something Of A Chance To Be Shot.