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“It is not just age; it's accomplishments, it's experience. I have far more experience than many others that sought the office of vice president of this country. I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency. I will be prepared to deal with the people in the Bush administration, if that unfortunate event would ever occur.”

Dan Quayle

Vice-presidential candidates' debate (5 October 1988); Lloyd Bentsen's famous response included the line "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy".

“We're going to have the best educated American people in the world.”

Dan Quayle

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“People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.”

Dan Quayle

Interview with Hendrik Hertzburg (October 1988), referring to Grigori Rasputin

“I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.”

Dan Quayle

U.S. Representative Claudine Schneider (RI) telling an admitted joke about Quayle <br class="br"> "Quayle Quotes" http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.htm, Urban Legends Reference Pages <br class="br">Misattributed

“I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in L. A. My answer has been direct and simple. Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial. But there is simply no excuse for the mayhem that followed.”

Dan Quayle

Commonwealth Club speech