Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardtis an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 January 1941
CountryUnited States of America
I think when everything is finally considered, I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working people.
We can see beyond the present shadows of war in the Middle East to a new world order where the strong work together to deter and stop aggression. This was precisely Franklin Roosevelt's and Winston Churchill's vision for peace for the post-war period.
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.
President Bush has not yet lived up to his promise to be a reformer with results, ... During the campaign, he said he would fight for bipartisan bills with strong support from all Americans. But instead of putting people first, too often he has put special interests first.
I think when everything is finally considered I'll have a lot of support -- strong support -- not only from labor unions but from working people.
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,
We in the Democratic Party feel strongly that the people in the middle, the people stuck on the bottom, are the people we need to be giving the majority of this tax cut.
strongly supporting everything that's being done in this contest by the Gore-Lieberman ticket.
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,
I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.
I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans.
When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day
I've thought a lot about the world and how George Bush sees the world and it ain't even close.
I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.