"There is absolutely no circumstance whatever under which I would accept
that spot. Even if they tied and gagged me, I would find a way to signal by
wiggling my ears." –on possibly being offered the vice presidency in 1968
"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this
campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth
and inexperience." -during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale
"Facts are stupid things." –at the 1988 Republican National
Convention, attempting to quote John Adams, who said, "Facts are stubborn
things"
"Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you
lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."
"I don't know. I've never played a governor." –asked by a
reporter in 1966 what kind of governor he would be
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