- Things are more like they are now than they have ever been. - President Gerald Ford
- My fellow astronauts... - Vice-President Dan Quayle, beginning a speech at an Apollo 11 anniversary celebration.
- Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life. - Orrin Hatch, Senator from Utah, explaining his support of the death penalty.
- China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. - Charles de Gaulle, ex-French President
- I stand by all the misstatements. - Dan Quayle, defending himself against criticism for making verbal gaffes
- Gerald Ford was a Communist - Ronald Reagan in a speech. He later indicated he meant to say 'Congressman'.
- Outside of the killings, Washington D.C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. - Mayor Marion Barry, Washington D.C.
- We found the term 'killing' too broad. - State Department spokesperson on why the word 'killing' was replaced with 'unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of life' in its human rights reports for 1984-5
- This is a great day for France! - President Richard Nixon while attending Charles De Gaulle's funeral
- This is the worst disaster in California since I was elected. - California Governor Pat Brown, discussing a local flood
- It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talkshow host. - James Baker, televangelist.
- The chairs in the cabin are for the ladies. Gentlemen are not to make use of them till the ladies are seated. - Instructions posted in a river cruise ship, Suir River, Ireland.
- The exports include thumbscrews and cattle prods, just routine items for the police. - U.S. Commerce Department spokesman on a regulation allowing the export of various products abroad.
- What he does on his own time is up to him. - Harlon Copeland, Sheriff of Bexar County, Texas, when one of his deputies was caught exposing himself to a child.
- Facts are stupid things. - Ronald Reagan, misquoting John Adams in a speech to the Republican convention.