Gephardt Quotes

You've been saying for many months that you're the head of the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. I think you're just winging it. This is not the view of Democrats. - Dick Gephardt

You know, to listen to Senator Lieberman, Senator Kerry, Representative Gephardt, I'm anti-Israel, I'm anti-trade, I'm anti-Medicare and I'm anti-Social Security. I wonder how I ended up in the Democratic Party. I'm not a new entrant to the Democratic Party. I've been here a long time. - Howard Dean

You have got to remember, these are companies that have been fined in some cases over a million dollars for their errors and omissions. These are companies that were indicted after September 11, again for their failure. - Dick Gephardt

You had a case in the Senate where we knew we had a plume had gone up. We had a letter that had the material in it. So you knew these people were exposed. There was not an understanding last week that the people in the post office were exposed. And so maybe in a way, we are all having to learn about something we don't know enough about, but I think now people see the need to err on the side of caution. - Richard Gephardt

You can't go on, it shouldn't have happened. We've got to come back and start over again and write a good bill. - Dick Gephardt

You cannot short-circuit and push all 535 people out of the room and make the decision between two or three people. We are not going to let them run over people's right to understand what's in the bill. - Dick Gephardt

Would be an insult to Democratic voters. - Dick Gephardt