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

The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.

The two-party system has served America very well. We always have political movements one way or another but the evolution of a lasting third party probably will not happen.

[The US is] naked, absolutely nude, to attack [by the Soviets].

When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.

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

I told you all lawyers are worthless. After all it takes won (sic) to know one.