Ben Quayle quote: "And in terms of entitlement reforms, we have to save them from themselves, because if we don't reform social security and we don't reform Medicare, they're going to actually implode."

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BEN QUAYLE

I think we should be looking at the defense and seeing where we can actually be more efficient becau...
BEN QUAYLE

I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trilli...
BEN QUAYLE

I welcome the President and working with him to try to get some of that medical malpractice reform s...
BEN QUAYLE

Spending when the math's not there and the numbers aren't there and if they look in the soci...
BEN QUAYLE

I think the Tea Party movement is great. I think anybody who has been frustrated over the last few y...
BEN QUAYLE

I would hope that we could have this in an adult fashion and stop demagogueing the issue anytime you...
BEN QUAYLE

Barack Obama is the worst President in history.
BEN QUAYLE

You know, even people who talk about cutting spending and they go 'That's not the spending t...
BEN QUAYLE

Everyone across America is tightening their belts. The only place it hasn't happened is D.C.
BEN QUAYLE

I love Arizona. I was raised right. Somebody has to go to Washington and knock the hell out of the p...
BEN QUAYLE

I would like to see this group in this Congress be starting the process to get ourselves on long ter...
BEN QUAYLE

And that's the one thing that people do not understand is that we have very low interest rates a...
BEN QUAYLE

I want our leaders to lead our country to greatness, but President Obama and his misguided policies ...
BEN QUAYLE

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

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
DAN QUAYLE

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We ar...
DAN QUAYLE

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

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.&#...
DAN QUAYLE

I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.
DAN QUAYLE

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
DAN QUAYLE

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know ...
DAN QUAYLE

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongl...
DAN QUAYLE

Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the...
DAN QUAYLE

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

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something...
DAN QUAYLE

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with...
DAN QUAYLE

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

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroa...
DAN QUAYLE

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
DAN QUAYLE

It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
DAN QUAYLE

Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have fore...
DAN QUAYLE

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public ...
DAN QUAYLE

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
DAN QUAYLE

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's histor...
DAN QUAYLE

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.
DAN QUAYLE

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
DAN QUAYLE

I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.
DAN QUAYLE

If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.
DAN QUAYLE

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 th...
DAN QUAYLE

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

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

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

The peace dividend is peace.
DAN QUAYLE

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are...
DAN QUAYLE

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is to be prepa...
DAN QUAYLE

I've never professed to be anything but an average student.
DAN QUAYLE

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's alw...
DAN QUAYLE

I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vi...
DAN QUAYLE

This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!
DAN QUAYLE

I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
DAN QUAYLE

Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask...
DAN QUAYLE

The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].
DAN QUAYLE

El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet i...
DAN QUAYLE

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

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

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

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

I was recently on a tour of Latin America,and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin h...
DAN QUAYLE

The future will be better tomorrow.
DAN QUAYLE

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

It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.
DAN QUAYLE

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.
DAN QUAYLE

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
DAN QUAYLE

Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its t...
DAN QUAYLE

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But...
DAN QUAYLE

In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future!
DAN QUAYLE

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for...
DAN QUAYLE

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismana...
DAN QUAYLE

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
DAN QUAYLE

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

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savio...
DAN QUAYLE

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

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote...
DAN QUAYLE

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.
DAN QUAYLE

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capaci...
DAN QUAYLE

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and wa...
DAN QUAYLE

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

Public speaking is very easy.
DAN QUAYLE

For NASA, space is still a high priority.
DAN QUAYLE

We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
DAN QUAYLE

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

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mis...
DAN QUAYLE

My fellow astronauts...
DAN QUAYLE

Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom o...
DAN QUAYLE

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

Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no...
DAN QUAYLE

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

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

It was just a job. It wasn't any special interest in consumer affairs. I needed a paycheck and the A...
DAN QUAYLE

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
DAN QUAYLE

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

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But w...
DAN QUAYLE

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

Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is v...
DAN QUAYLE

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

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

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

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answ...
DAN QUAYLE

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We ...
DAN QUAYLE

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

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

I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future.
DAN QUAYLE

I'd like to dispel the myth that when you put a wedding ring on a woman, her brain stops.
MARILYN QUAYLE

With the flat tax, we're all on a level playing field, just as it should be in the United States of ...
DAN QUAYLE

There is a time to compromise, ... and there is a time to stand firm. Now, I know that it was a gran...
DAN QUAYLE

It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
DAN QUAYLE

I am confident that the Republican Party will pick a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
DAN QUAYLE

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

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.
DAN QUAYLE

his ideas that thus far have come forth are clearly not what I consider to be the ideas of the Repub...
DAN QUAYLE

Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.
DAN QUAYLE

He (Gore) has a different interpretation of what integrity is all about, ... That will be an issue i...
DAN QUAYLE

I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effectiv...
DAN QUAYLE

I'm here for my apology.
DAN QUAYLE

They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we're going to ...
DAN QUAYLE

In your hearts you know that prosperity without values is no prosperity at all, ... I am here to tel...
DAN QUAYLE

I'm going to stay in the race. I really can't believe that any campaign, or should I say any candida...
DAN QUAYLE

We handed this administration the most favorable foreign policy cards of any administration since Wo...
DAN QUAYLE

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is "to be prep...
DAN QUAYLE

You cannot lead this country by misleading the people.
DAN QUAYLE

To understand a man, you must know his memories. The same is true of a nation.
ANTHONY QUAYLE

If we don't pay attention to this Reform Party and people that are going to the Reform Party and try...
DAN QUAYLE

Al Gore has made no serious attempt to level the playing field for U.S. agriculture exports, which h...
DAN QUAYLE

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

It's a very good historical book about history.
DAN QUAYLE

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In o...
DAN QUAYLE

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that
DAN QUAYLE

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.
DAN QUAYLE

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinto...
DAN QUAYLE

This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs
DAN QUAYLE

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future or past to the back
DAN QUAYLE

I am the future
DAN QUAYLE

I think the American people want to have substance and not glitz. They're not interested in slick sl...
DAN QUAYLE

mothers and fathers are sick and tired of seeing the values assaulted that they are trying to teach ...
DAN QUAYLE

I think that the Republican candidate should consider seeking the candidacy of the Reform Party ... ...
DAN QUAYLE

could make a difference in the straw poll, there's no doubt about it. This is almost like the old Da...
DAN QUAYLE

[But on ABC's] This Week ... once he started talking about it, you really probably are somewhat obli...
DAN QUAYLE

And the only way they're going to come back to the Republican Party is if we have a candidate that i...
DAN QUAYLE

He was a person deeply committed to making his newspapers good citizens of their communities,
DAN QUAYLE

I care deeply about this country. I care deeply about the American people,
DAN QUAYLE

When you speak the truth ultimately you will win. Remember Murphy Brown is gone and I'm still here f...
DAN QUAYLE

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
DAN QUAYLE

I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time.
DAN QUAYLE

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public serv...
DAN QUAYLE

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship....
DAN QUAYLE

Most women do not want to be liberated from their essential natures as women
DAN QUAYLE

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in...
DAN QUAYLE

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship....
DAN QUAYLE

I spoke with President Bush 41 yesterday to see what I can do, what people in Phoenix, Arizona can d...
DAN QUAYLE

We've been in your home, we've been on your farm, we've been in your workplace. We have listened to ...
DAN QUAYLE

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

I am uniquely positioned and prepared to be president. I can assure you I am serious. I am committed...
DAN QUAYLE

It is time that we push the negotiations on a political front and a diplomatic front as hard as poss...
DAN QUAYLE

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capaci...
DAN QUAYLE

We expect the Salvadorean officials to work towards the extermination of human rights.
DAN QUAYLE

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something tha...
DAN QUAYLE

Today, our campaign is really in a rather unique position because the most recent, national poll -- ...
DAN QUAYLE

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.
DAN QUAYLE

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

El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Y...
DAN QUAYLE

Bill Bradley seems to be coming on fairly strong ... I know them both, served with them in the Senat...
DAN QUAYLE

We're here to pay our respects to a dear friend and his family. ... We're all saddened and shocked, ...
DAN QUAYLE

If military action is required, our objective this time should be not to annoy Saddam Hussein, not t...
DAN QUAYLE

We care deeply about our friends and neighbors.
DAN QUAYLE

What you guys want, I'm for.
DAN QUAYLE

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less
DAN QUAYLE

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You ...
DAN QUAYLE

They don't really care that much about the family farm anymore.
DAN QUAYLE

Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 th...
DAN QUAYLE

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

If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish...
DAN QUAYLE

But apart from that Jacky, how was the parade?
DAN QUAYLE

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savio...
DAN QUAYLE

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a t...
DAN QUAYLE

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not happen
DAN QUAYLE

I will win the nomination and I will beat Al Gore,
DAN QUAYLE

This is a special moment for Marilyn (his wife), for me and for my family, ... Today, I officially a...
DAN QUAYLE

My friends, I'm proud to announce that I have a very tough anti-crime proposal for our party, ... An...
DAN QUAYLE

(I support efforts) to limit the terms of the members of Congress, especially members of the House a...
DAN QUAYLE

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very imp...
DAN QUAYLE

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroa...
DAN QUAYLE

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural Amer...
DAN QUAYLE

You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as f...
DAN QUAYLE

[The charity golf tournament raises money for the Dan Quayle Center and Museum in Huntington. As tod...
DAN QUAYLE

We must reject the idea of isolationism, ... But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every c...
DAN QUAYLE

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shr...
DAN QUAYLE

I'll tell you what, ... there's no controlling moral authority in the White House. That's what the f...
DAN QUAYLE

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin ...
DAN QUAYLE

No more fuzzy math where four plus three feels like seven. It is seven. No more creative spelling ei...
DAN QUAYLE

The destruction, it is just very heart-rendering.
DAN QUAYLE

We didn't have to be in this position. If we had a strong, decisive commander in chief with a strong...
DAN QUAYLE

It has to go back to the culture, to the family, ... I hope we don't try to use this as an excuse to...
DAN QUAYLE

I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.
DAN QUAYLE

It would be actually foolish for me to spend a big chunk of money in a straw poll,
DAN QUAYLE

[(Fort Wayne - WANE) Under the hot September sun, the former vice president teed off at the 11th ann...
DAN QUAYLE

Today I announce that I will seek and I will win the presidency of the United States of America, ......
DAN QUAYLE

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
DAN QUAYLE

Do I miss politics? Of course I do. But that's behind me. I had a good run at it.
DAN QUAYLE

The message was that ... fathers can go ahead and have children, but they don't have to raise the ch...
DAN QUAYLE

And in terms of entitlement reforms, we have to save them from themselves, because if we don't reform social security and we don't reform Medicare, they're going to actually implode.

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And in terms of entitlement reforms, we have to save them from themselves, because if we don't reform social security and we don't reform Medicare, they're going to actually implode.

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