Top 25 Walter F. Mondale Quotes

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Obviously, the domestic need is to shape an economic po

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
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
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
I believe in the Camp David accords.
Walter F. Mondale
I said I didn’t want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I’ve checked and they’ve all been redecorated. They’re marvelous places to stay and I’ve thought it over and that’s where I’d like to be.
Walter F. Mondale
I don’t want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.
Walter F. Mondale
Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I’ve never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it’s never warmed up to me.
Walter F. 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
The view of how America speaks is reflected in our laws. And one of the laws is fair housing. It very clearly prohibits discrimination in the sale and rental of housing in America. It’s been a sad fact of American life that the practice in many communities has been quite the opposite.
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
If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
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
My father was a minister, and my mother was a music teacher.
Walter F. Mondale
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
The most important thing I would do is to try to institutionalize U.S.-Soviet summits.
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
There’s a lot of bad consequences that flow from segregation. The kids don’t do as well. We live separately. We don’t learn about each other. We’re all Americans. And yet, we separate based on, basically, race. And I believe it’s got to stop.
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
I believe that Reagan’s a radical on arms control.
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
I will not lobby. I will not be an influence-type lawyer. I’m a professional lawyer.
Walter F. Mondale
Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it’s World War III.
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
In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and that’s it. You might scream on the way down, but you’re going to hit the bottom, and you’re not going to be in elective office.
Walter F. Mondale