Walter F. Mondale Quotes

United States, Lawyer
January 5, 1928 – April, 19, 2021.

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76). He was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and Washington, D.C.

Also known as Politician, Diplomat

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

Walter F. Mondale
- You
- Understand
- Confused
I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.

Walter F. Mondale
- Life
- Thought
- Holidays

Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?

Walter F. Mondale
- Life
- Family
- Friends
What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

Walter F. Mondale
- Up
- Kids
- Want
Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.

Walter F. Mondale
- Politics
- Modern
- Fairness
I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.

Walter F. Mondale
- Want
- Years
- Holiday
Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III.

Walter F. Mondale
- World
- War
- Running
In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and that's it. You might scream on the way down, but you're going to hit the bottom, and you're not going to be in elective office.

Walter F. Mondale
- Night
- Down
- Election