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 GephardtI 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 GephardtOur democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.
Dick GephardtOne 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 GephardtI 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.
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