Dan Quayle Quotes


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


Context

The Vice President had quoted Ronald Reagan’s famous inaugural address statement {630713}. Once Quayle became the number two man in the government, he was asked if he were part of the problem which elicited this famous response.


Citations

J. Danforth Quayle, Vice President of the United States (Republican, IN), Response to critic who reminded the Vice President that he had said the government was the problem.

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A statue of a living hero can be a great embarrassment if the hero falls in a scandal or other problem that could turn the statue into an embarrassment. Aristotle argued that you should never judge a person until after he has been dead for a while and the complete life assessed.


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Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle
  • Born: February 4, 1947
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Vice President

James Danforth Quayle is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993, a U.S. representative from 1977 to 1981 and a U.S. senator from Indiana from 1981 to 1989.