I learned that the American people are pretty great people. And they are just poorly served by their leadership, and Washington's very much out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Americans. My hope is that we'll have a Democratic Administration, and then we'll hold their feet to the fire so they start performing for people who put them there.

Howard Dean

I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

Howard Dean

flags guy want

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people.

Howard Dean

gay religious views

I'm a committed Christian. I worship in my own way. That's my business. That's not the business of the pharisees who are going to preach to me about what I do and then do something else.

Howard Dean

mind-your-own-business pharisees christian

What John McCain didn`t realize was that Sarah Palin was his demographic. He thought he was appealing to younger women, and in fact, Sarah Palin appealed to people who were like McCain, old white guys, who thought she was sexy to skin a moose. That was a miscalculation, it didn`t work. They didn`t do the vetting, they didn`t do the polling.

Howard Dean

sexy guy people

We know that no one person can succeed unless everybody else succeeds.

Howard Dean

stupid-liberal succeed dumb

At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.

Howard Dean

beliefs-and-values change people

I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president.

Howard Dean

president people thinking

It is true that there`s an economic argument and an economic feeling that something different needs to happen and politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth and all that kind of stuff.

Howard Dean

different feelings talking

I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values are offended by some of the things I hear on programs like "Rush Limbaugh," and we don't have to put up with that.

Howard Dean

strong roots order

There is a Party of fiscal responsibility... economic responsibility... social responsibility... civic responsibility... personal responsibility... and moral responsibility. That party is the Democratic Party.

Howard Dean

moral party responsibility

I've waffled before. I'll waffle again.

Howard Dean

waffles

Is this so-called [Republican Party] hate wing that is so angry at all the things that have - all the changes that have happened in America, this is what they respond to.And I think it`s dangerous for the country, I also think it`s going to be incredibly unsuccessful in the general election.

Howard Dean

party hate country

Every single American has a voice and ... it ought to be heard in the halls of power every day.

Howard Dean

halls voice heard

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

Howard Dean

evil may two

I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's an internationalist, which I am.

Howard Dean

thoughtful issues thinking

Donald Trump has used lawsuits as a weapon throughout his entire business career, and whether they`re frivolous or not has nothing to do with any of it. What he knows is if he can sue somebody for $10 million, that somebody, especially if it`s a consultant is not likely to have the money to defend it. So, then it goes away as long as he signs a non-disclosure act agreement and so on and so forth.

Howard Dean

long

I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which Abraham Lincoln denounced from here over 150 years ago.

Howard Dean

believe america years

How much courage does it take for Dean to throw red meat to the party faithful?

Howard Dean

faithful party meat

The status quo helps liberals. We're going to change the country.

Howard Dean

status-quo helping country

This guy is totally unorthodox. Maybe he`s flipping coins or playing three-card Monty to see who he wants to pick. Donald Trump is so unorthodox that I think it`s almost impossible to have any reasonable prediction about who he`s going to pick for the Vice-President.

Howard Dean

guy impossible thinking