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  • The Vice Presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit. -- John Nance Garner
  • Anybody who is an ambitious politician would never ever aspire to a Vice Presidency. And yet, people find themselves in that position, and so, therein lies the rub. -- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • I really thought, with my background growing up, and my service, and all that, I thought it would be enough for the presidency. But... It sure was enough when I ran for Congress. -- Bob Dole
  • I sent letters to the families of every service member who laid down his or her life in the war on terror. By the end of my presidency, I had written to almost five thousand families. -- George W. Bush
  • He loved politics in large part exactly because it meant time spent with men like Cactus Jack Garner(who would be remembered for observing that the vice presidency was not worth a pitcher of warm piss). -- David McCullough
  • The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail. -- Elliot Richardson
  • If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in two theaters of war, has had multiple meetings with Dick Cheney, the former vice-president of the United States, to discuss Petraeus's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency. -- Eric Massa
  • To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done. -- Gerald R. Ford
  • The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does. -- Bill Vaughan
  • Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 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. -- Dan Quayle
  • There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office. -- Joe Biden
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