Dan Quayle Quotes

"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is."

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."

"The future will be better tomorrow."

"Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists."

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."

"It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back."

"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."

"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."

"If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure."

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

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

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."

"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."

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."

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

"My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right."

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

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."

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

"I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe."

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

"It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago."

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

"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."

"The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other."

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."

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

"The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?"