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.

— Howard Dean

Howard Dean Quotes

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

— Howard Dean

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

— Howard Dean

The truth is the President of the United States used the same device that Slobodan Milosevic used in Serbia. When you appeal to homophobia, when you appeal to sexism, when you appeal to racism, that is extraordinarily damaging to the country.

— Howard Dean

I think in general the ends do not justify the means.

— Howard Dean

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions, while the states cut almost everything else. It would be tough but we could do it.

— Howard Dean

I have never favored a Social Security retirement age of 70 nor do I favor one of 68.

— Howard Dean

The French will always do exactly the opposite on what the United States wants regardless of what happens, so we’re never going to have a consistent policy.

— Howard Dean

Dealing with race is about educating white folks.

— Howard Dean

I supported the war in Afghanistan because 3000 of our people were murdered and I thought we had a right to defend the people of the United States.

— Howard Dean

My view of Christianity is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.

— Howard Dean

How much courage does it take for Dean to throw red meat to the party faithful?

— Howard Dean

There’s no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States and to our allies. If Saddam persists in thumbing his nose at the inspectors, then we’re clearly going to have to do something about it.

— 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

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

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

When you – when you – and this is still going on today – are making your money by pushing paper around, when you should be making your money by investing venture capital in various job-creating things, that makes it much harder to recover.

— Howard Dean

Second of all, I don’t think Wall Street is doing what it’s supposed to be doing, even after the shameful performance of the last two years. They’re are not allocating capital.

— Howard Dean

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

— Howard Dean

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

— Howard Dean

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.

— Howard Dean
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