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When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is. -- Dan Quayle
As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights. -- Jim Gaffigan
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. -- Johnny Carson
Today was opening day for the new Congress in Washington. And Vice President Joe Biden swore in the new batch of White House fence jumpers. -- David Letterman
My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be Vice President! -- Joe Biden
Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. -- Paul Ryan
Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy toward an expansion of public investments in partnerships with private industry. -- Lewis M. Branscomb
Vice President Biden is the real deal. He'll give it to you straight. He communicates in a way that I think connects with people at a real level. -- Michael Nutter
I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down. -- Geraldine Ferraro
Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged Bush to take a stronger stand against what Cheney sees as congressional intrusions into the executive branch. -- Helen Thomas
Vice President Biden's surprising declaration of unqualified support for gay marriage seems to have forced President Obama into a public endorsement of a controversial social issue. It is difficult not to suspect that Biden's pronouncement aimed to give the president some political cover. -- Robert Dallek
The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one. -- Hubert H. Humphrey
The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining. -- Chester A. Arthur
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'. -- Dan Quayle
I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways. -- George W. Bush
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?' -- Will Rogers
You cannot give the vice president the authority to declassify specific information and then turn around and say he can just give carte blanche to an assistant of his to declassify whatever he wants. -- Joe Biden
Libby was advised by the vice president of the United States that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA in the counterproliferation division. Libby understood that the vice president had learned this information from the CIA. -- Patrick Fitzgerald
I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President John said. "Now people get mugged for Reeboks, for Adidas - for generics, for Christ's sake. -- Max Barry
Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice-President of the United States. Should have stuck?as Speaker of the House? Gave up the second most important job in Government foreight long years as Roosevelt's spare tire. -- John Nance Garner
I would guess it didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice president to wander over there to the F-word network for a sit down with Brit Hume. I mean, that's a little like Bonnie interviewing Clyde, ain't it? -- Jack Cafferty
If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It'd be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down. -- Lawrence Lessig
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Women are being considered as candidates for vice-president of the United States because it is the worst job in America. It's amazing that men will take it. A job with real power is first lady. I'd be willing to run for that. As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date. -- Nora Ephron
When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain. They're upset because they've gone from supervisor of a child's life to a spectator. It's like being the vice president of the United States. -- Erma Bombeck
Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Office of the Vice President... The Council on Competativeness. -- Dan Quayle
I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter. -- Mary Cheney
I happen to be a Republican President... ah... the Vice President. -- Dan Quayle
Joe Biden would probably be running a Denny's if he wasn't Vice President. -- Bill Whittle
Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro, -- Sean Penn
I'm not interested in Vice President. I'm hanging around Arizona. I'm running again for Sheriff. -- Joe Arpaio
If the president and the Vice President dies who becomes President" "Thats easy Arnold Swartzanager -- Dan Gutman
And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for. -- Barack Obama
Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. -- Robert Byrd
I'm not running for Vice President, I'm not looking to be anyone's vice president, I want to be the president... -- Marco Rubio
Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts. -- Ron Fournier
The Senate gathered to say goodbye to Vice President Joe Biden. Biden has been a presence there for more than 40 years. -- Ari Shapiro
In our relationship, we have very well-defined roles: I am the Vice President of Logistics; he's the CEO of Emotional Support. -- Ariel Meadow Stallings
Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found. -- John Olver
There's never been A day in the last four years I've been proud to be his Vice President. Not a single day. -- Joe Biden
We now know that Mike Pence - Vice President-elect Mike Pence is going to be in charge of the transition replacing Chris Christie. -- George Stephanopoulos
I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore. -- Pat Buchanan
I actually prepared Vice President Biden for his debate in the last election. I played Sarah Palin. It's a little tough debating a woman. -- Jennifer Granholm
The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about. -- Timothy Noah
Vice President Spiro Agnew can not cheat on his score : because all you have to do is look back down the fairway and count the wounded. -- Bob Hope
We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished. -- Emperor Norton
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We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished. -- Emperor Norton
Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader. -- Marty Meehan
It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor by the Lord, to be Presidents. -- Omar N. Bradley
Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is-I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president. -- George W. Bush
Vice President Joe Biden said today that 'Syria must be held accountable.' Unfortunately, the Obama administration has never employed an accountant, so they have no idea how to do that. -- Jay Leno
When it comes to pay raises, Congress always plays the role of Grinch. The bill extends an existing pay freeze for Vice President Joe Biden, specifically, and senior political appointees broadly. -- Susan Davis
Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy. -- Douglas Wilder
I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them. -- Al Gore
They've got a Jobs Council that never meets. A Democratic Senate that doesn't act. A President who doesn't believe and a Vice President who won't stop talking. They just don't get it. -- Thomas G. Stemberg
I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels. -- Barack Obama
If the election had turned out differently, I could be the one overseeing the signing of bailout checks and Vice President Biden could be on the road selling his book 'Going Rogaine.' -- Sarah Palin
It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley. -- Rachel Dolezal
As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him. -- Dick Cheney
The amount of electricity that has been saved in spite of Vice President Cheney saying that efficiency is only a moral virtue ... and that you need increased supply like ANWR-is two ANWRs worth of energy. -- Stephen Schneider
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One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008. -- William J. Clinton
Howard Dean was endorsed by former Vice President Al Gore and now he is getting advice from Al Gore. And I'm thinking, who better to give advice than the guy who couldn't even get elected with the most votes? -- David Letterman
Impeach the President and the Vice President, they are traitors to America, and so are all of their supporters. Impeach! Anyone in congress who refuses to save our union from these traitors by doing nothing needs to be recalled. -- Roseanne Barr
The Senate is the big prize. Until recently, Democrats felt confident they could get the four seats they needed to take back control if [Hillary] Clinton is in the White House and Vice President Tim Kaine held the tie-breaking vote. -- Mara Liasson
When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what's going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of monkeys loose and one is President and one is Vice President, you know it's trouble. Monkeys make trouble. -- Gore Vidal
My dad challenged every president from President [Dwight] Eisenhower and Vice President [Richard] Nixon to President [J.F] Kennedy, Vice President [Lindon] Johnson to President Johnson and Vice President [Hubert] Humphrey. It`s challenging the administrations to do the right thing. -- Al Sharpton
After the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration steadfastly refused to say which element of the U.S. military had participated in the assault. Until Vice President Joe Biden decided to talk about it on national television, that is. -- Ben Shapiro
Since Vice President Al Gore is constantly making things up, it should come as no surprise that he wants Supreme Court justices who will do the same. As Gore put it, he will appoint judges who view the Constitution as a 'document that grows'. -- Ann Coulter
Bush proposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Some saw the move as an attempt to preserve traditional values, while others saw it as a cynical ploy to ensure that Vice President... Cheney will never have to pay for his gay daughter's wedding. -- Jon Stewart
Though the archbishop may rightly argue that they are objectively wrong in their positions, I don't understand how he can presume to know the consciences of Vice President [Joe] Biden and Senator [Tim] Kaine sufficiently to question the genuineness of their faith and condemn them personally. -- John I. Jenkins
If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think he'd gone 'round the bend. We don't need to do that sort of thing anymore, we'd say. We have better, kinder ways. -- Ingrid Newkirk
From almost the first day they got into office, they (President Bush and Vice President Cheney) were trying to figure out how to get rid of Saddam Hussein. I'm not a psychiatrist - I don't know all of the reasons behind their concern, some might say their obsession. -- Hillary Clinton
Vice President Joe Biden believes that illegal immigrants are citizens. Obama believes that some Americans who join Islamist groups are citizens, while others are not. Who is an American? Whomever the executive branch deems an American. Who isn't? It depends on whether Obama ate his Wheaties or not. -- Ben Shapiro
Silicon Valley's involvement with Washington dates from one event, which was John Scully - who was the CEO of Apple - had dinner with President Clinton and Vice President Gore in 1993. And we're all going, like, 'What's going on? Why would we have dinner with the president?' -- Eric Schmidt
Vice President Cheney is also on vacation. He's in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. What better place for a guy who has had 4 heart attacks than a place with thin air, rugged hiking and all-beef dinners? Why don't they get some snow for him to shovel while he's out there, too? -- Jay Leno
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The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are suffering every bit as much as I am, and that our whole nation is going through a tragedy together, I think we have to think about those things. -- Ted Olson
Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let's get that straight. She's a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be President of the United States of America. She's easily qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America. -- Joe Biden
Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do. -- Alistair Begg
Certainly, I know what to do, and when I am Vice President -- and I will be -- there will be contingency plans under different sets of situations and I tell you what, I'm not going to go out and hold a news conference about it. I'm going to put it in a safe and keep it there! Does that answer your question? -- Dan Quayle
I watched that new reality show on ABC with Charlie Gibson, 'America's Next Top Vice President.' ... Oh, what an exciting show that is! Did you see Sarah Palin's interview with Charlie Gibson? Did you all watch that? In fact, John McCain was watching it at home, and at one point, he turned to his wife and said, 'She looks really familiar.' -- Jay Leno
The response to my op-ed by global warming alarmists has been interesting. Former Vice President Al Gore has called me a "denier" and informs us that climate change is "a principle in physics. It's like gravity. It exists." Perhaps he's right. Climate change is like gravity - a naturally occurring phenomenon that existed long before, and will exist long after, any governmental attempts to affect it. -- Sarah Palin
Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it! -- Geraldine Ferraro
What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married. -- Gloria Steinem
In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president. -- Pat Paulsen
Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally. -- Joe Biden
Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president. -- Susan Estrich
I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl. -- Evangeline Lilly
My freshman year, I ran for student class president and lost. The next year, I ran for student class vice president, and I won. -- Tyra Banks
Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby. -- Gloria Steinem
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life. -- George H. W. Bush
Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. -- David Axelrod
Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes. -- Madeleine M. Kunin
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. -- Dan Quayle
I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career. -- Herman Cain
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
For seven years after college, I was a waitress at the Buttercup Bakery in Berkeley, and from there I got a job at Merrill Lynch as an account executive, from where I went to vice president of investments for Prudential-Bache Securities. I started my own firm in 1987. -- Suze Orman
I went from being a senator, a young senator, to being considered for vice president, running for president, being a vice presidential candidate, and becoming a national public figure. All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want. -- John Edwards
Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them. -- Carl Forti
President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of his team. He told me at the outset, he wanted me to sign on to be a part of his team - and he was true to his word, kept it. He was tough. He was decisive. He was also a pretty good politician. -- Dick Cheney
What does the vice president do? -- Sarah Palin
The Vice-President is supreme boss of the Senate. -- Sarah Palin
Tim Kaine is an excellent choice for vice president. -- Julian Castro
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Vice president: A spare tire on the automobile of government. -- John Nance Garner
People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president. -- Susan Estrich
I deserved better than to be bullshitted by the vice president, -- Dick Armey
The vice-president's tongue is several time zones ahead of his brain. -- Christopher Buckley
Your commander would never lie to you. That's the vice president's job. -- Henry Rollins
It's easy being vice president - you don't have to do anything. -- Joe Biden
I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality. -- George W. Bush
I'm the Vice-President. They know it, and they know that I know it. -- Dan Quayle
I have no intention of being vice president. I have said it clearly. -- Marco Rubio
I asked that I not be considered for vice president of the United States. -- John McCain
In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. -- Phil Donahue
I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything. -- Al Sharpton
I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president. -- Theodore Roosevelt

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