Dick Gephardt

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok. ”

My healthcare plan puts more money into average families' pockets than the Bush tax cuts... He's got a lousy tax cut. It's only good for the super wealthy. I've got a tax cut that will help ordinary people. ”

In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out. ”

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. ”

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan. ”

Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. ”

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record. ”

Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception. ”

I think it's time we had a president who carried the same life experiences into the White House as most ordinary Americans. ”

Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need. ”