Quotes By Howard Dean

Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep.

I think the recovery hasn't been stronger because the hole that was dug for President Obama by the Bush administration was far worse than anybody could imagine, first of all.

We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.

The Democratic Party, all the candidates from Washington, they all know each other, they all move in the same circles, and what I'm doing is breaking into the country club.

I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks. We can't beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross-section of Democrats.

Every day it becomes clearer that this was the wrong war at the wrong time.

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.

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.

So what we - all we really want, I think, from the so-called Democratic wing of the Democratic Party is really to stand up for what we believe in.

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

Tom DeLay ought to go back to Houston where he can serve his jail sentence.

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

I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

Someone earlier made a remark about losing 500 soldiers and 2,200 wounded in Iraq. Those soldiers were sent there by the vote of Sen. Lieberman, Sen. Edwards and Sen. Kerry. I think that is a serious matter.

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 they're going there.

There's not one person in this crowd who's gonna agree with everything I say. Not one.

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

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

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.

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

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.

We won't always have the strongest military.

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

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is.

I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.

The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon.

Look, I'm 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 I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.

John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.

We need to go everywhere. There is not one county in this state, I don't care how far west you go, that doesn't have Democrats. We have to be proud of who we are.