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Howard Dean

American Politician, Ran for President of the U.S. in 2004, DNC Chairman

"In our nation, the people are sovereign, not the government. It is the people, not the media or the financial system or megacorporations or the two political parties, who have the power to create change."

"We've allowed ourselves to become slaves to the bottom line of multinational corporations all over the world."

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

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

"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."