Quotes by Howard Dean

“This country was the moral leader of the world until George Bush became president.”

“Look, Im not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and Im willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.”

“Theres not one person in this crowd whos gonna agree with everything I say. Not one.”

“Im just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.”

“I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks. We cant beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross-section of Democrats.”

“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.”

“Real Democrats dont make promises they cant keep.”

“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.”

“Not one Republican president has balanced the budget in 34 years. You can not trust republicans with your money.”

“...YEEAAAAAAAH!!!”

“Election by election, state by state, pricinct by pricinct, door by door, vote by vote were going to left our party up and were going to take this country back for the people who built it.”

I dont hate Republicans as individuals. But I hate what the Republicans are doing to this country. I really do.

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.

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

There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. Theyre the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.

As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why theyre going there.

People have said Im the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.