Howard Dean quotes

Howard Dean is a prominent American politician and physician. With a career spanning over decades, Dean served as the 79th Governor of Vermont and ran as a Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential election. Known for his progressive values and passionate speeches, Dean's campaign gained widespread support, earning him the nickname "the roaring lion." He has been vocal on issues such as healthcare, civil rights, and climate change. Howard Dean's political journey reflects his dedication to creating a fair and inclusive society. Discover more about this influential figure in American politics at his official website.

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

- Howard Dean

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.

- Howard Dean

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've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.

- Howard Dean

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.

- 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 are right.

- Howard Dean

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

- Howard Dean

We won't always have the strongest military.

- 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

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

- Howard Dean

I don't care what you label me as long as you call me president.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

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

I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.

- Howard Dean

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.

- Howard Dean

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

- Howard Dean

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

- 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

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

- Howard Dean

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

- 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

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

- Howard Dean

I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful. I think he's deeply committed on issues like the environment. I think he's an internationalist, which I am.

- Howard Dean

I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values are offended by some of the things I hear on programs like "Rush Limbaugh," and we don't have to put up with that.

- 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

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.

- Howard Dean