Vice President Quotes - Page 5

• I deserved better than to be bullshitted by the vice president.

  Dick Armey

  President, Vices

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• Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument of the common good, rooted in our oldest values of opportunity, responsibility and community, devoted to fiscal responsibility, determined to give our people the tools they need to make the most of their own lives in the 21st century, a 21st century government for 21st century America.

  William J. Clinton

  Responsibility, Opportunity, America

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999”, p.62, Best Books on

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• If the election had turned out differently, I could be the one overseeing the signing of bailout checks and Vice President Biden could be on the road selling his book 'Going Rogaine.'

  Sarah Palin

  Book, President, Vices

  "Palin cracks wise at Gridiron dinner" by Jeanne Cummings and Andrew Glass, www.politico.com. December 5, 1009.

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• Joe Biden would probably be running a Denny's if he wasn't Vice President.

  Bill Whittle

  Running, President, Vices

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• I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Men, President, Vices

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• Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger's part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as "the great diplomatic triumph of this century or perhaps any other.

  Edwin Newman

  President, Vices, Triumph

  Edwin Newman (1974). “Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?”

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• I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.

  Bob Dole

  Running, People, President

  "Bob Dole: Great American" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, www.gq.com. June 25, 2012.

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• Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!

  Linwood Barclay

  Smart, Average, Car

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• You know, I think Marco Rubio would be a spectacular candidate for vice president. I think he would energize the country. I think he has a great story. He's bright. He's articulate.

  Mario Diaz-Balart

  Country, Thinking, President

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. August 5, 2012.

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• As a general proposition, campaigns do not linger on the vice presidential nominee. When they have, it's always meant very bad news for the ticket. Think of Spiro Agnew's foot-in-mouth disease; Tom Eagleton's medical history; the real estate holdings of Geraldine Ferraro's husband; the unbearable lightness of Dan Quayle; Sarah Palin's reading list.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Husband, Real, Reading

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• Since Vice President Al Gore is constantly making things up, it should come as no surprise that he wants Supreme Court justices who will do the same. As Gore put it, he will appoint judges who view the Constitution as a 'document that grows'.

  Ann Coulter

  Views, Justice, Judging

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• In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history.

  Phil Donahue

  President, Vices, Shaving

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• This is not about Republican or Democrat. It is about our children, it's about our families, it is about our country, and frankly, ladies and gentlemen, it is about the world. We've got to leave here and march, and make sure Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are president and vice president of the United States.

  John Kasich

  Country, Children, Gentleman

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• In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.

  Joe Scarborough

  Stars, Rocks, Years

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• You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.

  Harold Geneen

  President, Vices, Clean Desk

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• How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.

  Eleanor Mondale

  Father, Rude, President

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• The role of the vice president is to break ties in the Senate and inquire daily into the health of the president.

  John McCain

  Ties, President, Vices

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• The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a vice president or the assistant sales manager. He is consequently resented by fractional characters who cannot live outside an organization.

  A. J. Liebling

  Character, Organization, President

  A. J. Liebling (2014). “The Sweet Science”, p.5, Macmillan

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• Once again, the vice president has acknowledged that he dares to follow where Bill Bradley has boldly led. ... The only consistency in Al Gore's positions is that he has consistently been less willing to lead with bold proposals of his own, but consistently followed in the footsteps of other leaders.

  Anita Dunn

  Leader, Consistency, President

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• I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.

  Warren Buffett

  Presidential, Important, Vices

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Mike Pence is a good man, a principled conservative, and he will make a great vice president.

  Paul Ryan

  Men, Good Man, President

  Source: time.com

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• I'm deciding where I am best for this president-elect [Donald Trump] and this vice president-elect [Mike Pence] in due course. But there are many qualified men and women who can serve him at the highest levels.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Men, President, Vices

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• When you're focused at the task at hand and you believe in the man who is running for president and the man who is running for vice president, we just want it to be objective and fair.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Running, Believe, Men

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• In terms of going into the West Wing, I will do whatever the president-elect and the vice president-elect - I worked with Mike Pence for 10 years - they believe is my best and highest use for them.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Believe, Years, Wings

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Today was opening day for the new Congress in Washington. And Vice President Joe Biden swore in the new batch of White House fence jumpers.

  David Letterman

  White, House, President

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