Quotes From the Brilliant Minds of Politicians

"I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman."

~Arnold Schwarzenegger

"But obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies."

~Sarah Palin

"We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."

~Hillary Clinton

“We had no domestic attacks under Bush – we’ve had one under Obama.”

~Rudy Giuliani

“When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”

~Joe Biden

“Literally, if we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.”

~Michelle Bachmann

“Well, I learned a lot….I went down to (Latin America) to find out from them and (learn) their views. You’d be surprised. They’re all individual countries.”

~Ronald Reagan

“Reports that say something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”

~Donald Rumsfeld

"I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue."

~Richard Nixon

"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."

~Dan Quayle

"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make."

~Dan Quayle

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."

~Dan Quayle

"It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago."

~Dan Quayle

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

~Dan Quayle

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."

~Dan Quayle

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

~Dan Quayle

"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."

~Dan Quayle

"We are not ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

~Dan Quayle

"It isn't pollution that is hurting the environment, it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

~Dan Quayle

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."

~Dan Quayle

"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."

~Dan Quayle

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."

~Dan Quayle

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"

~George Bush

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."

~George Bush

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

~George Bush

"I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it...I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet...I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't -- you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one."

~George Bush

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

~George Bush

"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."

~George Bush

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."

~George Bush