Quotes by Howard Dean

About Howard Dean:

Howard Brush Dean III is an American politician who served as the 79th Governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 2009. Dean was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Presidential Election, 2004. His implementation of the fifty-state strategy as head of the DNC, as well as his campaigning methods during the 2004 presidential campaign, are considered significant factors behind Democratic victories in the 2006 congressional elections and the 2008 presidential election.
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People have said I'm 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.

Howard Dean

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.

Howard Dean

I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. In other words, I lead with my heart and not my head. That's the only chance we have against George Bush.

Howard Dean

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.

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're 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.

Howard Dean

This is a struggle of good and evil. And we're the good.

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

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.

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

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.

Howard Dean

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.

Howard Dean

We won't always have the strongest military.

Howard Dean

I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

Howard Dean

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 ...

Howard Dean

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

Howard Dean

The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in.

Howard Dean

Author Bio

  • NameHoward Dean
  • DescriptionAmerican political activist
  • BornNovember 17, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhysician; Stockbroker; Politician