I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.

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.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

It's a very good historical book about history.

I've never professed to be anything but an average student.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

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

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?

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.

It shows 'us vs. them,' and I'm on the 'us' side.

In George Bush you get experience, and with me you get - The Future!

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

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

I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.

It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career in public service.

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

I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

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.

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!

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

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.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.

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.

What you guys want, I'm for.

Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.

We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

The loss of life will be irreplaceable.

The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

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

I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.