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I felt like I was in charge.

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.

I support efforts to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate.

America is great, because America is free.

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.

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you say it, or how you look.

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

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

It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.

I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time.

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

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.

I am uniquely positioned and prepared to be president. I can assure you I am serious. I am committed

Add one little bit on the end ... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else ... ? There ya go ... alright!

Public Speaking is very easy.

Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.

We must reject the idea of isolationism, . But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every civil war around the world.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.

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

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of faliure

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.

Air travel efficiency would improve if more travelers started going to less popular places.

They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes.

I have a very strong record on the Environment in the United States Senate.

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

Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.

What a terrible thing it is to lose one's mind ...

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

It's a very good historical book about history.

For NASA, space is still a high priority." (Quayle, Dan; 1990).

I'm the Vice-President. They know it, and they know that I know it.

The U.S. victory in Gulf War was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

I've never professed to be anything but an average student.

Investments - particularly those that involve the change of control of a company - only work when they work well for all parties involved.

A mind is a terrible thing

This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.

If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. If you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.

[The US is] naked, absolutely nude, to attack [by the Soviets].

Who's responsible for the riots? The rioters!

This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.

Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

My grandfather ... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right.

Well, it looks as if the top part fell on the bottom part.

Someday I intend to read all those books I've written.

You have a part-time job and that's better to no job at all

And this is the best chance to begin to establish the New World Order.

Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.

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

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well.

It shows 'us vs. them', and I'm on the 'us' side.

There are lots more people in the House. I don't know exactly - I've never counted, but at least a couple hundred.

We lead in exporting jobs.

I've been told to keep my remarks relatively brief. I understand Quayle-hunting season begins at noon.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a cure for AIDS in the marketplace before Magic Johnson gets AIDS?

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Clinton cannot possibly win in 2000.

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

Maybe you guys will get lucky this year and face the Orioles in the World Series

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.

What you guys want, I'm for.

The President scores much better than Bill Clinton.

I didn't pay a lot of attention as I should have in college.

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

The destruction, it is just very heart-rendering.

We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights.

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

Sam, had a great time this weekend but the golf was lousey.

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

The intergenerational poverty that troubles us so much today is predominantly a poverty of values.

I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.

We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.

They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we're going to continue to help.

Most women do not want to be liberated from their essential natures as women.

The US has a vital interest in that area of the country.

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

I don't have to experience tragedy to understand it.

I'd like to get into the National Guard.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

Buzz Lukens took that fateful step ...

I want to show you an optimistic sign that things are beginning to turn around.

The cause of the riots were the rioters

The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo.

I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

Happy campers you have been, happy campers you are, and happy campers you will always be.

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

I told you all lawyers are worthless. After all it takes won (sic) to know one.

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

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

We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.