Quotes from Dan Quayle

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

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.

And this is the best chance to begin to establish the New World Order.

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

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

If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

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

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

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

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

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.

It's a very good historical book about history.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

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

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

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?

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

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

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

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 back!