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I Grew Up In The '50s And '60s When Jack Kennedy Was President. We Would Watch Him On Television. And Our Teachers Always Talked About The Good Things Public Servants Could Do. I Thought Maybe That's Something I Should Do. So When I Got Out Of Law School, My Wife, Jane, And I Became Precinct Captains.

-Dick Gephardt

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I Grew Up In The '50s And

Dick Gephardt

I Grew Up In The '50s And '60s When Jack Kennedy Was President. We Would Watch Him On Television. And Our Teachers Always Talked About The Good Things Public Servants Could Do. I Thought Maybe That's Something I Should Do. So When I Got Out Of Law School, My Wife, Jane, And I Became Precinct Captains.

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