One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.
Dan QuayleRepublicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
Dan QuayleAir travel efficiency would improve if more travelers started going to less popular places.
Dan QuaylePeople that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
Dan QuayleIt's immoral to parent irresponsibly... And it doesn't help matters any when prime time tv, like "Murphy Brown", a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another "lifestyle choice." Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty program there is... Even though our cultural leaders in Hollywood, network TV, the national newspapers routinely jeer at [such values] I think most of us in this room know that some things are good, and other things are wrong.
Dan Quayle