Dick Gephardt Professions : Former Majority leader Born : January 31, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 49 quotes by Dick Gephardt You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record. Dick Gephardt public-life records proud 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 good-listener can-do thinking I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education. Dick Gephardt dad mother school 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. Dick Gephardt fighting strong believe 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 simple kids 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. Dick Gephardt trying school thinking 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. Dick Gephardt college teaching class When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day Dick Gephardt president overcoming order I grew up in the '50s and '60s when Jack Kennedy was president. We would watch him on television. And our teachers always talked about the good things public servants could do. I thought maybe that's something I should do. So when I got out of law school, my wife, Jane, and I became precinct captains. Dick Gephardt law teacher school 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 hatred honor years 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 caring heart men I've thought a lot about the world and how George Bush sees the world and it ain't even close. Dick Gephardt world In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. Dick Gephardt winner issues loser 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. Dick Gephardt strong people thinking The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students. Dick Gephardt political president helping And the president should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, action.' Dick Gephardt cameras light president In every issue there are winners are losers, and the losers are plenty. But they have to be willing to grudgingly accept the result. That's the genius of our democracy. Dick Gephardt issues democracy genius I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction. Dick Gephardt mass-destruction wmd iraq Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception. Dick Gephardt division cells life-is 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 mistake america people Similar Authors Dick Armey former-majority-leader John William McCormack former-majority-leader All Authors