Howard Dean America Quotations

I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which (Abraham) Lincoln denounced from here over 150 years ago

America is a conservative country with a small "c" - they want change, but they don't want too much change too fast.

The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.

America's greatness rests on far more than the power of our arms. Our greatness is also measured by our goodness, it's in the capacity of our minds, of our hearts, and it's in the strength of our democracy.

The fact that the president was willing to reveal classified information for political gain and put the interests of his political party ahead of America's security shows that he can no longer be trusted to keep America safe.

I actually spoke in an African-American church yesterday.

And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control.

I will take a backseat to no one in a commitment to civil rights in America.

We are determined to keep this organization as vibrant as it was throughout our campaign. There are a lot of ways to make change. We are leaving one track, but we are going on another track that will take back America for ordinary people again.

A strong Mexico means a strong America, and our ties must not be based on the petulance of the president of the United States.

We ought to go back to Bill Clinton's taxes because most people in America would gladly pay the taxes we paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only we could have the same economy we had when Bill Clinton was president.

Work with Mexico to improve economies in rural America and rural Mexico, and you will stop the flood of people wanting to come to America.

He can no longer be trusted to keep America safe.

Democrats are the only party to have balanced the budget in America in the last 38 years. We will do it again.

This is ridiculous. This is not the America we grew up in. This is a lack of leadership.

Together we can stand for honesty, hard work, respect and opportunity for each American. Together America can do better.

This is not about a third rate burglary of the Watergate. This is about undermining the security of America and it is about misleading the American people.

We can take back America and stand up for working families and middle-class families again, and take our government back for the people who built it instead of corporations and special interests -- and we will.