J. Danforth Quayle


I haven't been to Michigan since last time I was there.

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.

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

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

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

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 believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.5/22/89

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'. 12/6/89

May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world.
-- The Quayles' 1989 Christmas card. (Not as beacon of literacy, though.)

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.
[Back to the Future, perhaps]

I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.

The future will be better tomorrow.

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
9/21/88

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

I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix.

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L. A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is the blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
5/20/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)

Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a job next year.
8/18/92

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.
9/18/90

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

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

I support Congressional term limits, especially for members of the House and members of the Senate.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.
8/17/89


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