Dennis Kucinich Quotes

American - Politician Born: October 8, 1946

We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction. Dennis Kucinich

Here, Weapon, Address

We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of human relations, not as some vague notion - as everyday work. Dennis Kucinich

Vague, Some, Works

The fact of the matter is we went after Iraq for oil. And the fact of the matter is that the United States has degraded our role as a great nation by attacking this nation that had no capacity to attack the United States and no intention of doing so, that didn't have anything to do with 9/11, didn't have weapons of mass destruction. Dennis Kucinich

Doing, Role, Fact

There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference. Dennis Kucinich

King, Making, Held

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance. Dennis Kucinich

Insurance, Everyone

I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world. Dennis Kucinich

Country, United States

I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war. Dennis Kucinich

Here, United, Tens

My philosophy comes from a worldview that looks at the world as one. It's a holistic view that sees the world as interconnected and interdependent and integrated in so many different ways, which informs my politics. Dennis Kucinich

Interconnected, Which

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear. Dennis Kucinich

Code, Area, Poorer

Bush is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all. And I'm going to take the country in an opposite direction than he's taking it. Dennis Kucinich

Purpose, Country, Bush

I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home. Dennis Kucinich

Bring, Should, Sincerely

Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion. And it could rise - the casualties could go into thousands and the cost could go over half a trillion - if we stay there for years. Dennis Kucinich

Cost, Over, Half

This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Dennis Kucinich

Which, Cases, Democrats

I think it's inconsistent to tell the American people that you oppose the war and, yet, you continue to vote to fund the war. Because every time you vote to fund the war, you're reauthorizing the war all over again. Dennis Kucinich

Think, I Think, Over

I don't want to bash Bill and Hillary, because they're friends of mine, but I do have a difference of opinion about how to take back the House and the Senate. Dennis Kucinich

Want, Mine, About

I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution. Dennis Kucinich

Think, I Think, Need

Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations. Dennis Kucinich

United States, Imminent

War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal. Dennis Kucinich

Name, Face, Impersonal

I believe health care is a civil right. Dennis Kucinich

Health, Health Care, Civil

I have worked to expand the health care debate beyond the current for-profit system, to include a public option and an amendment to free the states to pursue single payer. Dennis Kucinich

Health, Amendment, Include

In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with the utmost seriousness. I am quite aware of the historic fight that has lasted the better part of the last century to bring America in line with other modern democracies in providing single payer health care. Dennis Kucinich

Other, Very, Providing

But beyond all that, the question that is continually begged is why isn't America leading the way toward total abolition of nuclear weapons. Dennis Kucinich

Question, Abolition, Leading

When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are. Dennis Kucinich

Know, Capabilities, Threaten

So actually war is politically profitable, financially profitable, morally depraved. Dennis Kucinich

War, Actually, Profitable

Oh, my family lived in 21 places before I was 17. Dennis Kucinich

Places, Oh, Before

I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis. Dennis Kucinich

Think, I Think, Very

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