Occupation: Former Vice President Of The United States Birth: May 27, 1911 Death: January 13, 1978
It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must rema….
Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance of giving love in order to be….
Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on..
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society..
It is always a risk to speak to the press: they are likely to report what you say..
If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let ther….
I've never thought my speeches were too long; I've rather enjoyed them..
I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign..
As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space ~ it will seem increasingly absu….
In the minds and hearts of the American people, there is a great hunger for peace based on a universal recognition of the values of freedom and human….
Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the peop….
There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crow….
Capital, and the question of who owns it and therefore reaps the benefit of its productiveness, is an extremely important issue that is complementary….
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still un….
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very i….
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics ….
You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of South Dakota who has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a mayor, a senator, a….
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in th….
I wish to suggest that ample opportunity does exist for dissent, for protest, and for nonconformity. But I must also say that the right to be heard d….
We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provi….
Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man..