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Word deconstruction
J. Danforth Quayle:
"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."
"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."-- Vice
President Dan Quayle, 08/11/89
"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." -- Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/22/89
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that
one word is 'to be prepared'." -- Vice President Dan Quayle,
12/6/89
"May our nation continue to be the beakon of hope to the world." -- The
Quayles' 1989 Christmas card.
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
"We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments 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." -- Vice President Dan
Quayle to Sam Donaldson, 08/17/89
"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."
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"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."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 05/20/92 (reported in Esquire,
August 1992)
"Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a
job next year." -- Vice President Dan Quayle, 08/18/92
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." -- Vice
President Dan Quayle, 09/22/90
"For NASA, space is still a high priority." -- Vice President Dan Quayle,
9/5/90
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children." --
Vice President Dan Quayle, 09/18/90
"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 isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in
our air and water that are doing it."
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
"Public speaking is very easy." -- Dan Quayle to reporters in October 1988