Walter Mondale Quotes


Walter Mondale

At least when Ronald Reagan rode off in the movies into the fiery sunset, he didn`t take us with him

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.

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?

Mr. Reagan will raise taxes; and so will I. He won`t tell you. I just did.

A lot of people say `How`s your dad?` A lot of people say I look like him,

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.

I`m asking for your help to build a future that Paul Wellstone would have liked to have seen,

I know the rules. I know how to get things done there,

We don`t go it alone. We go with everybody,

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,






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