GARY HART

After this election only three people will be able to see the President.

Some critics complain that Gary Hart doesn't have any experience in foreign policy. But that's not true. Why, just yesterday he had breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.

The story in its facts and in its inferences is totally inaccurate. Gary Hart will not dignify it with a comment because it's character assassination. It's harassment. He's offended and he's outraged. He's furious. He's a victim. Someone has got to say at some point that enough is enough.

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

You don't have to be impoverished to understand poverty.

There is one higher office than President, and I would call that patriot.

You really can't go back to the Senate after running for President .... The danger of running for the Presidency is that if you don't make it—and that's the case for almost everyone who tries—then you are considered a failure.

Could we do without the social safety net, without Social Security, without Medicare, without farm subsidies, without unemployment compensation, without school lunch programs, without housing assistance? Of course we could. But we would not be a civilized society and we would not be an American nation any of us would be proud of.

It is increasingly difficult to run a campaign of substance in an atmosphere which increasingly focuses on personality.

Financial markets will tolerate a Republican deficit but will run screaming in panic from a Democratic deficit a fraction its size.

Follow me around.... I'm serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.

When our economy is not growing, those least able to look after themselves are the first thrown overboard ...

The reformer does not want to move left; he wants to move forward.

The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not to dump her off.

This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.

If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.

Could we do without the social safety net, without Social Security, without Medicare, without farm subsidies, without unemployment compensation, without school lunch programs, without housing assistance? Of course we could. But we would not be a civilized society and we would not be an American nation any of us would be proud of.

When our economy is not growing, those least able to look after themselves are the first thrown overboard ...

I can personally testify that American politics have taken a distinctly downward turn in the space of one mature lifetime.

Let's give the terrorists a fair trial and then hang them

You really can't go back to the Senate after running for President .... The danger of running for the Presidency is that if you don't make it—and that's the case for almost everyone who tries—then you are considered a failure.

The reformer does not want to move left; he wants to move forward.

There is one higher office than President, and I would call that patriot.

You don't have to be impoverished to understand poverty.

This cassette (video cassette of Walt Disney's Dumbo) was a documentary of my campaign.

What is being bought by PACs is access ... Can my Uncle Fred walk into a senator's office? Of course not!

A leader not only has to be in the center but also be in the future.

It is increasingly difficult to run a campaign of substance in an atmosphere which increasingly focuses on personality.

Reform and renewal come from below, not above. Do not await a reform messiah.

Financial markets will tolerate a Republican deficit but will run screaming in panic from a Democratic deficit a fraction its size.

Follow me around.... I'm serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.

I don't think I was a failure. I just wasn't a success.

I just could not stand to look at the lack of courage in the Senate.

I made a serious mistake. I should not have been in the company of any woman, not my wife.