Famous quotes by Vice Presidents

"You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"I deserve respect for the things I did not do"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

"If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

"I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

"Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better"

Dick Cheney, Vice President

"The rule of law is the foundation of a just and fair society, and we must work to uphold it at all times"

Alexander Rutskoy, Vice President

"We must have a government that is accountable to the people, not the other way around"

Alexander Rutskoy, Vice President

"Democracy is not only the right to vote, it is the right to know what is happening in the country"

Alexander Rutskoy, Vice President

"The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder"

Al Gore, Vice President

"Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster"

Al Gore, Vice President

"No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out"

Al Gore, Vice President

"I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever"

Al Gore, Vice President

"America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning"

Nelson Rockefeller, Vice President

"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information"

Henry A. Wallace, Vice President

"The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people may be, they are not so significant as thousands of other people who have never been mentioned"

Henry A. Wallace, Vice President

"The Middle East is hopeful. There's hope there"

Joe Biden, Vice President

"Now, people when I say that look at me and say, 'What are you talking about, Joe? You're telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?'. The answer is yes, that's what I'm telling you"

Joe Biden, Vice President

"The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk"

Alben W. Barkley, Vice President

"We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America"

Dan Quayle, Vice President

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