Chance Quote by Elliot Richardson

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

— Bill Vaughan

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their…

— Susan Estrich

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“In later decades, the role of the Vice President would be gradually and substantially enlarged—at the discretion of the President—but at the time of…

— Robert A. Caro

“The vice presidency “ought to be abolished,” he told his friend Leonard Wood. “The man who occupies it may at any moment be everything;…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

— Mary Cheney

Anybody who is an ambitious politician would never ever aspire to a Vice Presidency. And yet, people find themselves in that position, and so,…

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

What does the vice president do?

— Sarah Palin

I think that there's only one person that defines the role of vice president of the United States. And, you know, we come in…

— Mike Pence

There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president.…

— Joe Biden

Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants…

— Alexander Haig

I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and…

— Barton Gellman