Walter Mondale

"When I lose, I lose. I don't go around crying."

"I offered my full services to the government, well knowing that this would be the last time I should offer them."

"I have lost an election. But I have won an argument."

"Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business."

"You must have a sincere and burning desire to accomplish your declared objective."

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."

"I think the American people would rather have a President who admits he is wrong."

"We should measure the health of our society not at its apex, but at its base."

"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."

"I have faith in the American people."

"The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it."

"Defeat should never totally discourage you."

"Our natural inclination is to hope, but we must work for it."

"The pursuit of the presidency is not my life."

"I believe in democracy."

"Politics requires the ability to think about long-term consequences."

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face."

"I will not pretend to be something I am not."

"The capacity to hope is one of the defining characteristics of being human."

"I tried my best, and that is all anyone can do."

"We must believe that the future will be better than the past."

"Leadership is about making the hard choices."

"I stand by my record."

"America's strength lies in its diversity."

"Education is the foundation of a democratic society."

"We are responsible for our choices."

"The measure of our character is what we do when no one is watching."

"Freedom requires eternal vigilance."

"I believe in the goodness of the American people."

"Integrity is not negotiable."