Elected Vice President

Famous quotes containing the words vice president, elected, vice and/or president:

    “The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    “I was elected a Captain of Volunteers—a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “The mayor and Montaigne have always been two, with a very clear separation. For all of being a lawyer or a financier, we must not ignore the knavery there is in such callings. An honest man is not accountable for the vice or stupidity of his trade, and should not therefore refuse to practice it.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and by tourists into town.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)