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Walter F. Mondale
American
Lawyer
About the author
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,
American
Lawyer
#World
#War
#President
#Running
#World war
What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
Walter F. Mondale,
American
Lawyer
#Want
#Kids
#Computers
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,
American
Lawyer
#Want
#Life
#Family
#Being
#Friends
#Night
#Sleep
#Fishing
#Hunting
I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.
Walter F. Mondale,
American
Lawyer
#Want
#Years
#Holiday
#Inns
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,
American
Lawyer
#Want
#Life
#Thought
#Holidays
#Inns
If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
Walter F. Mondale,
American
Lawyer
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,
American
Lawyer
#Night
#Office
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,
American
Lawyer
#Today
#Television
#Politics