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Former Vice President of the United States

Dan Quayle is a former Vice President of the United States, born on February 4, 1947. He is known for his unique personality and policy stances during his political career.

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“Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.”

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“It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.”

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“For NASA, space is still a high priority.”

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“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.”

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“My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.”

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

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“Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.”

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“The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?”

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“It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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“Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!”

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“Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.”

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“The future will be a better tomorrow.”

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“We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.”

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“I'm the Vice-President. They know it, and they know that I know it.”

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“They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes.”

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“This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.”

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“What you guys want, I'm for.”

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“Target prices? How that works? I know quite a bit about farm policy. I come from Indiana, which is a farm state. Deficiency payments - which are the key - that is what gets money into the farmer's hands. We got loan, uh, rates, we got target, uh, prices, uh, I have worked very closely with my senior colleague, (Indiana Sen.) Richard Lugar, making sure that the farmers of Indiana are taken care of.”

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“My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right.”

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“Office of the Vice President... The Council on Competativeness.”

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“I felt like I was in charge.”

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About the Author

Born: February 4, 1947
Known for: Former Vice President of the United States
Quotes: 199

Books & Sources

The man who would be president: Dan QuayleRelated source material

Standing Firm: A Vice-presidential MemoirRelated source material

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