Walter F. Mondale Quotes

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

Gun bans don't disarm criminals, gun bans attract them.

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there's almost nothing you can do to reshape it.

The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which defends all faiths.

The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts.

Do not despair. In every defeat are found the seeds of victory.

You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging.

I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.

Whatever his private beliefs and religious practice, a president must be the guardian of the laws which ensure America's religious diversity.

[Running for President is] physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III

Tomorrow, I'm going to a soup kitchen in Mobile. I think that will symbolize the insensitivity of this administration to human needs.

Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

It could well be the end of justice in America. Do not let Mr. Reagan get his hands on that court.

I've traveled more this year than any other living human being, and if I'd traveled any more I wouldn't be living.

Today, the religion clauses of the First Amendment do not need to be fixed; they need to be followed.

I've seen the film. And I'll tell you this, I'm glad Chuck Yeager isn't running for President.

By instinct and tradition, I don't like the thing. I like to look someone in the eye.

Bill Proxmire represents almost the last of one of America's most remarkable generations.

Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III.