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Vice Presidents
Quotes from current and former Vice Presidents.
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Former vice presidents
There's nothing, nothing beyond our capacity if we act together. So let's get up and fight back, God darn it.
Folks, I guarantee we can do this. And we will. We just remember who in the hell we are. We're the United States of America.
It’s time to get up, dammit. Get up. Get up, now.
I think the American people would do well to reflect in the 250th year since the signing of the Declaration [of Independence], on the framework of our constitution and to particularly encourage our elected representatives to take back the…
It smacks of the kind of appeasement the president rightly rejected during our first term.
This 60-day period should be used to secure what this agreement doesn’t yet provide: an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, an end to Iranian-backed terror, and an end to its half-century of warfare against the U.S. and Israel.
Maximum pressure worked. America’s military strength worked. The blockade worked. Iran came to the table because the regime’s existence teetered on a knife’s edge.
But the memorandum of understanding with Iran signed last week falls well short of what is required to end the Iranian threat.
The president deserves tremendous credit for taking the fight directly to Tehran, and every American should welcome the prospect of peace.
I pledge my commitment to ensuring our Nation’s men have the resources they need to be healthy, resilient, and capable of doing what they do best—caring for their families, uplifting their communities, and forging an even brighter, more…
The reported MOU with Iran smacks of the kind of appeasement that we saw during the Obama years.
During National Women’s Health Week, my Administration reaffirms our commitment to improving the health and well-being of women and ensuring they have the opportunity to live longer, fuller, and healthier lives.
That’s it. And no vice president in history had ever asserted any authority to decide what votes to count or send back to the states ... so I knew my duty was clear and I’ll always believe, by God’s grace, I did my duty.
I mean, under the Constitution, the vice president’s role is only to preside over a session of Congress where the electoral college votes are opened and counted.
You know, I’ve often told my kids the safest place in the world is to be in the center of God’s will. And I really knew I was where I was supposed to be.
Well, to be honest with you, I never felt a greater sense of resolve any day in my life than on Jan. 6.
But for anyone who assaulted a police officer, anybody that violated and vandalized the seat of our government and sought to disrupt the counting of electoral college votes, those people never should have been pardoned and they should…
I had no problem with the president pardoning people who got caught up in that day.
They're the characteristics of the American people.






