And lest we leave out former VP Dan Quayle, I'll just borrow a few of the verified quotes that can be found at Wikipidea's page on Dan Quayle quotes:
along with my favorite quote that is attributed to him, but that Wikipidea has not listed as being verified:
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"My National Guard unit did a tour of duty in Vietnam."
Source: Interview on Finnish Mainos-Televisio morning show.
"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."
Source: Interview with Financial Times TV.
"We are on an irreversible trend towards more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
Vice President Dan Quayle, Hawaii, 5/22/89 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
December 6, 1993
This source "Vice President Dan Quayle, Hawaii, 12/6/89 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)" has the Governor replaced with "vice president"
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
Senator Dan Quayle, 10/30/88 (reported in Esquire, 8/92 and the LA Times, 10/30/88)
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/20/92 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
Senator Dan Quayle, 9/15/88 (reported in Esquire, 8/92, The New Yorker, 10/10/88, p.102)
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
Vice President Dan Quayle, talking to NASA employees, 9/5/90 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
Vice President Dan Quayle talking about the Mideast situation, 9/22/90 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
along with my favorite quote that is attributed to him, but that Wikipidea has not listed as being verified:
""It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
cumhail
Originally posted by: cumhail
"There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, it's probably in Tennessee --that says, fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. Fool me ... You can't get fooled again." - G.W. Bush quoted by the Baltimore Sun - Oct 6, 2002
And for a collection of bushisms, the now infamous poem-turned-urban legend that snopes.com has confirmed as being true:
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
by George W. Bush
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
and potential mental losses.
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the Internet become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being and the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!