The Best Walter Mondale quotes

I will not lobby. I will not be an influence–type lawyer. I’m a professional lawyer. — 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

The most important thing I would do is to try to institutionalize U.S.–Soviet summits. — 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

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. — 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

I’ve traveled more this year than any other living human being, and if I’d traveled any more I wouldn’t be living. — Walter F. Mondale

I believe in the Camp David accords. — Walter F. Mondale

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

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

Gun bans don’t disarm criminals, gun bans attract them. — Walter F. Mondale

Do not despair. In every defeat are found the seeds of victory. — Walter F. Mondale

There’s no question that history will record that I took a helluva shellacking. — Walter F. Mondale

The course of nationalism, once it’s attached to a cause opposite yours, is still the strongest force in the world. — Walter F. Mondale

Obviously, the domestic need is to shape an economic policy that assures long–term healthy economic growth and a reassertion of American competitiveness in international competition. — Walter F. Mondale

I think we need a public, strategic, cooperative relationship with Israel. — Walter F. Mondale

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. — Walter F. Mondale

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? — Walter F. Mondale

What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers? — Walter F. Mondale

Bill Proxmire represents almost the last of one of America’s most remarkable generations. — Walter F. Mondale

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

I have known hIllary for a long tIme, there Is no one I trust more to sIt In the oval offIce. — Walter Mondale

The overarching problem is one of the survival of humanity in the face of the growing nuclear menace. If those bombs go off, nothing else would matter. — Walter F. Mondale

I believe that Reagan’s a radical on arms control. — Walter F. Mondale

The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts. — Walter F. Mondale

I will end the lawlessness that’s destroying our environment. I will take polluters to court, not to lunch. — Walter F. Mondale

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

Let’s tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won’t tell you. I just did. — 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

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

By instinct and tradition, I don’t like the thing. I like to look someone in the eye. — Walter F. Mondale

There will be no veterans of World War III. — Walter F. Mondale