Walter Mondale Quotes:

It was not malaise we suffered from; it was Jimmy Carter - and Walter Mondale.

- Jeane Kirkpatrick

topic: Malaise, Carter, Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale once said God has no place in American politics and it turned out that God felt the same way about Walter Mondale.

- Argus Hamilton

topic: Way, Said, Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale has all the charisma of a speed bump.

- Will Durst

topic: Bumps, Politics, Speed, Speed Bumps, Walter Mondale

For me, one of my earliest memories of politics where I thought that I could do anything was when Walter Mondale of Minnesota picked Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. I literally remember what she wore - the red dress, the white pearls. And I saw that, and I thought anything is possible.

- Amy Klobuchar

source: "'This Is A Big Deal': Sen. Amy Klobuchar On Hillary Clinton". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. June 7, 2016.

topic: Running, Memories, White, Walter Mondale

The last man to try to run for president advocating a tax increase was Walter Mondale. He lost 49 states in 1984, and the "I'll raise your taxes" reputation haunted him all the way to Minnesota last year, where he lost his 50th state in the Senate election.

- Dick Morris

topic: Running, Men, Years, Tax Increases, Walter Mondale

Right now, if there's a gender gap problem, it's not Ronald Reagan with women; it's with Walter Mondale with men.

- Patrick Caddell

topic: Men, Gender Gap, Gaps, Walter Mondale

To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.

- Garrison Keillor

topic: Tuna, Sandwiches, Norm, Walter Mondale

[If the Democratic nominee turns out to be] Walter Mondale, I hope he picks Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. It would be a desperate move, but that's what it'll take to get rid of Reagan. Ms. Ferraro is no more unqualified than a lot of Vice Presidential candidates have been, and anyhow Mondale's in good health.

- Hendrik Hertzberg

topic: Running, Moving, Presidential, Walter Mondale

My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand.

- Ernest Hollings

topic: Good Friend, Hands, Giving, Special Interest Groups, Interest Groups

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

- Dee Dee Myers

topic: White, Volunteer, House, Walter Mondale

Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

- Joe Klein

topic: Senior, Men, Balance, Dashing, John Kennedy