Walter F. Mondale Quotes

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Walter F. Mondale

Profession : Lawyer

Birth : January 5, 1928

What some people argue is that Vietnam stands for the proposition that there's no role for American power anywhere on earth. I don't believe that's the case at all. I think we're the strongest force for democracy and for stability on earth, and we must have a strong capacity to perform that role.

Walter F. Mondale

One of the phenomenons of American political life is that it all stops one day. One day, you've got 200 reporters and cameras, and everybody is hanging on you. And three days later, you're alone. And it's quite a transition.

Walter F. Mondale

I believe there were things I probably should have done differently. But I'm not going to spend a lot of time crying over spilt milk.

Walter F. Mondale

I think the Reagan people are superb marketers. Their whole approach to polling, to television, to the symbolism and the rest approaches genius.

Walter F. Mondale

I have no doubt the Japanese leadership and most Japanese see the importance of a strong U.S.-Japan relationship. I certainly have no doubt that the American view is the same.

Walter F. Mondale

There's no question that history will record that I took a helluva shellacking.

Walter F. Mondale

I will not lobby. I will not be an influence-type lawyer. I'm a professional lawyer.

Walter F. Mondale

When I was a young man, I used to dream maybe someday I could be an alderman. Instead of that I became an attorney general, a senator, a vice president, a Democratic nominee.

Walter F. Mondale

We have no right to poison, to eat up, to chew, to pollute this wonderful country of ours. We are required to save it and purify it and protect it.

Walter F. Mondale

Pick somebody who knows what it's like to live on an average income and to deal with the problems that most Americans face. Pick somebody who's traveled this country and who will remember who put him in the White House - not to be a king but to be a public servant.

Walter F. Mondale

The more the American people see the sharp differences between Mr. Reagan and me and the visions we have of our future, the better off the American people will be.

Walter F. Mondale

My father was a minister, and my mother was a music teacher.

Walter F. Mondale

We believe in a solid, just, compassionate, hopeful future. That's why I'm in politics. That's why I'm running for president. And that's why I'm going to win!

Walter F. Mondale