On the record
Quotes from current and former Vice Presidents.
Former vice presidents
Through most of my career--and through most of your adult lives--the thrust of our public policies and attitudes has been dominated by memory of the stock market crash, the great depression, and the events of the 1930's that led back to…
In coming to Washington, as you are now, you are tracing steps I myself once walked-as a 27-year-old new Member of the House.
We must begin to think about the future--about the year 2000--about the foundations we must put in place for a larger, more complex, more challenging America for our children and our children's children.
Unless we can do better, two-thirds of all Americans now living will suffer or will die from cancer, from heart disease, or stroke.
Heart disease, cancer, and stroke can be conquered--not in a millennium, not in a century, but in the next few onrushing decades.
Above all, I urge the American people to heed the conclusions of this Commission.
We are going to not just establish a Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke to recommend steps to reduce the incidence of these diseases; we are going to reduce them.
They also agreed on the urgency of a world-wide effort to promote the non-dissemination and non-acquisition of nuclear weapons, and of continuing Western initiatives towards arms control and disarmament.
They recognized also that a nation's defense policy must be based on a sound economy.
They discussed existing proposals for this purpose and an outline of some new proposals presented by the British Government.
They reaffirmed their determination to support the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations and to do all in their power to strengthen the systems of regional alliance in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East to which they both…
As we welcome you to our country, we welcome you and your countrymen to the continuation of this great work.
Mrs. Johnson joins me in hoping that you will enjoy a quick and complete recovery.
We Americans have come to know and admire you as a good friend and trusted ally.
This is one of many talks that we have had and are going to have in the future, and I trust just one of many visits.
Dear Mr. President: I learned with deep regret of your resignation, although I appreciate the reasons for your decision.
Whenever liberty is threatened, whenever the choice is between freedom and slavery, the voice of Parliament will be heard and the support of the British will be ready.
