Author: Dan Quayle

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor; it’s the other way around… they never vote for us.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

I want to be Robin to Bush’s Batman.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

We expect them (Salvadoran officials) to work toward the elimination of human rights.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense; in other words a good offense wins.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

We shouldn’t have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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. Well, I didn't live in this century.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

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

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

We have a firm commitment to Europe; we are a part of Europe.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician