Walter Mondale Quotes (10 Quotes)

We have a lot of problems confronting our nation the possibility of war, the growing threat in Korea, a serious threat of terrorism clearly around,

Remember, ... you have six years in the first term, not six days. Don't be so impatient, charging into everything.

I think he did challenge the Democrats, unlike any modern Republican presidential candidate, on the question of the basic direction of American government, particularly as it dealt with domestic policies and domestic economics, ... And it did shift the grounds of the debate.

We had that sort of common-roots background, ... He's from Blue Earth, Minnesota, and I'm from Elmore, Minnesota, two little towns on the Iowa border. ... I had seen him operate for many years as a journalist. I knew he was good and I knew reporters respected him, which is a big thing in that job.

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

I understand that by a close vote, you have nominated me to run for the U.S. Senate, and I want you to know I gladly accept the nomination,

At least when Ronald Reagan rode off in the movies into the fiery sunset, he didn't take us with him

I'm asking you now one more time to give it all you got and give in that extra edge and get the people out and let's set America on a solid future,

Who is ready to be a truly independent representative of Minnesota Who is free of entangling alliances and big money that allows them to represent What do we need -- that sort of person who can truly independently represent Minnesota, or something else.

We were marginalized in the public eye as a presidential party. What Clinton did is an enormous accomplishment. I myself even wondered if we'd do it again.