John Nance Garner Quotes

• Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire.

  John Nance Garner

  Jobs, Mistake, Government

  1963 In the Saturday Evening Post, 2 Nov.

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• The Vice Presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit.

  John Nance Garner

  Vices, Spit, Pitcher

  In O. C. Fisher 'Cactus Jack' (1978) ch. 11

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• The single biggest time waster in the world is not completing what you start.

  John Nance Garner

  World, Wasting Time, Completing

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• You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives-man doesn't get anywhere without advertising.

  John Nance Garner

  Men, Littles, Advertising

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• How can we preserve our aspirations and at the same time develop the toughness of mind and spirit to face the fact that there are no easy victories? One is a tough-minded recognition that the fight for a better world is a long one.

  John Nance Garner

  Perseverance, Fighting, Long

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• The trouble today is that we have too many laws.

  John Nance Garner

  Law, Today, Trouble

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• Vice president: A spare tire on the automobile of government.

  John Nance Garner

  Government, President, Vices

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• I have always done what I thought was best for my country, never varying unless I was advised that two-thirds of the Democrats were for a bill and then I voted for it.

  John Nance Garner

  Country, Two, Done

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