“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.” YearsStatesFoundStarsPresidentRoomsTroubleRocksGrewGrew UpVicesSentencesDefenseSecretaryRock StarVice PresidentCompleting Author:Joe Scarborough
“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.” StatesFatherPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWalkingTreatsVicesRudeHelloVice PresidentEleanorSaying Hello Author:Eleanor Mondale
“Let's just be clear here. The vice president of the United States accidentally shoots a man, and he feels that it's appropriate for a ranch owner who witnessed this to tell the local Corpus Christi newspaper and not the White House press corps at large, or notify the public in a national way.” MenWayFeelsStatesHousePresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesClearPressesVicesNewspapersLocalsAppropriateOwnersWhite HouseVice PresidentCorpusNotify Author:David Gregory
“Will somebody please tell me what they do with all the Vice-Presidents a bank has? Why the United States is the biggest business institution in the world, and they got only one Vice-President and nobody has ever found anything for him to do.” WorldStatesGovernmentFoundPresidentUnitedUnited StatesPleaseInstitutionsVicesVice President Author:Will Rogers
“Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As for now, I'm in control here, in the White House.” IfsWantShouldStatesOrderCoursesHousePresidentWhiteReturnVicesChecksGentlemanWhite HouseSecretaryTransfersVice PresidentHelmPending Author:Alexander Haig
“Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire.” ShouldYearsLongMadeImportantStatesGovernmentJobsHousePresidentUnitedMistakeUnited StatesWorstShould HaveVicesStuckSpeakersSparesTireGave UpVice PresidentImportant Jobs Author:John Nance Garner
“Libby was advised by the vice president of the United States that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA in the counterproliferation division. Libby understood that the vice president had learned this information from the CIA.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWifeInformationUnderstoodVicesDivisionCiaVice PresidentWilson Author:Patrick Fitzgerald