Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Howard Dean
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: November 17
Former Governor Of Vermont
Physician
Politician
Stockbroker
East Hampton
New York
Howard Brush Dean III
Religious
Reach
Christian
Christianity
Left
View
Think
Behinds
Thinking
Behind
Hallmark
People
Views
Civil
Decision
Unions
Support
Aspect

More quotes by Howard Dean

Image
The Republicans are all about suppressing votes.
Howard Dean
Image
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
Image
I wish that there was a unified Democratic position on the war in Iraq. I was that there was a unified American position and everybody agreed with me that we ought to be out of there yesterday. But they don't, and that's the fact. I mean, he's stating a fact about what's going on.
Howard Dean
Image
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
Image
My view is Fox News is a propaganda outlet for the Republican Party and I don't comment on Fox News.
Howard Dean
Image
George Bush calls his biggest fundraisers Rangers and Pioneers. But today, we stand together, and we call ourselves, simply, Americans.
Howard Dean
Image
You can't make Howard Dean a straw man. He is what he appears to be. And that's the beauty of Howard Dean.
Howard Dean
Image
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
Image
The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.
Howard Dean
Image
And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control.
Howard Dean
Image
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
Image
I learned that the American people are pretty great people. And they are just poorly served by their leadership, and Washington's very much out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Americans. My hope is that we'll have a Democratic Administration, and then we'll hold their feet to the fire so they start performing for people who put them there.
Howard Dean
Image
How much courage does it take for Dean to throw red meat to the party faithful?
Howard Dean
Image
I talked for a long time about that, what I call the hate wing of the Republican Party.And often been criticized for saying it. But there is such a thing, and it started in 1968 with the southern strategy developed by Richard Nixon to bring southern racists out of the Democratic Party and into the Republican Party, which they succeeded in doing.
Howard Dean
Image
Stop scapegoating immigrants[Stop using] outrageous phrases like 'illegal aliens.'
Howard Dean
Image
Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving time for non-violent crimes.) Most competent and qualified kindergarden teachers can tell you who the 5 kids are in his or her class likely to wind up in prison 15 - 20 years from now.
Howard Dean
Image
Is this so-called [Republican Party] hate wing that is so angry at all the things that have - all the changes that have happened in America, this is what they respond to.And I think it`s dangerous for the country, I also think it`s going to be incredibly unsuccessful in the general election.
Howard Dean
Image
I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.
Howard Dean
Image
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
Image
I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America.
Howard Dean