Dan Quayle

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

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

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

Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is 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.

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

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

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.

We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.

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.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

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

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.

Public speaking is very easy.

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

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.

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

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

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

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

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

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

[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.

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

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.

People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because] from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.

[The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

You have a part-time job, and that's better than no job at all.

It was just a job. It wasn't any special interest in consumer affairs. I needed a paycheck and the Attorney General said that I would be best to go down there, because he knew I was anti-consumer.

My fellow astronauts...

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

If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.