"It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is."
"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."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
"Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a job next year."
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
"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. I didn't live in this century."
"I have made good judgments in the Past. I have made good judgments in the Future."
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
"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 to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur"
"Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...all right!"
"My position is that I understand from a medical situation, immediately after a rape is reported, that a woman normally, in fact, can go to the hospital and have a D and C. At that time... that is before the forming of a life. That is not anything to do with abortion."
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
"Speaking as a man, it's not a woman's issue. Us men are tired of losing our women."
"We are leaders of the world of the space program. We have been the leaders of the world of our... of the space program and we're not going to continue where we're going to go, not withstanding the Soviet Union's demise and collapse - the former Soviet Union - we now have independent republics which used to be called the Soviet Union. Space is the next frontier to be explored. And we're going to explore. Think of all the things we rely upon in space today: communications from... Japan, detection of potential ballistic missile attacks. Ballistic missiles are still here. Other nations do have ballistic missiles. How do you think we were able to detect some of the Scud missiles and things like that? Space, reconnaissance, weather, communications - you name it. We use space a lot today."
"I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal,loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings."
"I happen to be a Republican president- ah, the vice president."
"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."
"The loss of life will be irreplaceable."
"I have a very strong record on the Environment in the United States Senate."
"You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be."
"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."
Mars is essentially in the same orbit... somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make."
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
"Public speaking is very easy."