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Vice Presidents
Quotes from current and former Vice Presidents.
Former vice presidents

School administrators know how a few teachers, trained in today's advanced methods of instruction, can raise the entire level of education in their schools.

Our people must be given the opportunity to know, even for short periods of time, the wonders of God's creation expressed in earth's wilderness areas.

The Congress has wisely provided for public participation as reviews of the Primitive and Roadless Areas proceed.

The Wilderness Act is one in the long list of creative conservation measures that Congress has passed and I have signed into law.

Our country is blessed with young men and women who desire to serve those less fortunate than themselves.

In carrying out the functions delegated to him by subsection (a) of this Section, the Secretary shall consult with the Council.

The Council shall from time to time transmit to all appropriate agencies and officers of the Government statements of the policies of the Council under this order and such other information relating to the above-mentioned transactions or…

Progress can be made if we unite all our Nation's health resources.

The maintenance of our existing Wilderness System is a priority program of the Federal government.

The Executive Branch must fulfill its responsibility with common sense and imagination.

Every two minutes cancer strikes a man or a woman or a child in this country.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 (30 F.R. 9353), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

No, I don't want to debate with Mr. Kennan.

I would be glad to have you give me a memo on what Mr. Gavin and Mr. Kennan advocate and let me look at it, and then I will talk to you and give you my views.

I wouldn't find any fault with any committee having any hearings at any time, as long as they are conducted in an atmosphere of objectivity, fairness, judiciousness.




