First, some interesting Quotes<\/a> from several Vicepresidents:<\/p>\n THE VICE PRESIDENTS – Quotes<\/a><\/p>\n Which vice president said: “Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea; the other was elected vice president of the United States. And nothing was heard of either of them again”?<\/p>\n Thomas Marshall.<\/p>\n Which vice president believed that the presidency should be for life and that members of Congress should be granted seats on a hereditary system?<\/p>\n John Adams.<\/p>\n What former vice president upon his retirement turned down an honorary degree from Oxford University by saying that he did nothing to deserve it and that no one knew who he was?<\/p>\n Millard Fillmore, who actually made the claim after having been President.<\/p>\n Which vice president admitted that he might have been one of the worst Presidents of the Senate ever?<\/p>\n Theodore Roosevelt, who admitted to sleeping through sessions and enrolled in law school while Vice President because of boredom.<\/p>\n What message did Vice President Thomas Marshall telegraph to Calvin Coolidge upon his election as vice president in 1920?<\/p>\n Marshall’s message to Coolidge was “Please accept my sincere sympathies.\u201d<\/p>\n What Vice President defined the office perfectly when he said: “I am not in a leadership position. I am supporting the President. He can exert the leadership and I can support him.”font><\/p>\n Nelson Rockefeller.<\/p>\n Which vice president said: “Some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it?”<\/p>\n Spiro Agnew.<\/p>\n Which vice president said, “One useless man is a disgrace, two a law firm, three or more a Congress\u201d ?<\/p>\n John Adams.<\/p>\n What was Rutherford Hayes response when informed that William Wheeler had been nominated to be his vice presidential candidate?<\/p>\n Upon hearing the news, Hayes politely asked, “Who is Wheeler?”<\/p>\n Who claimed that the vice presidency was “not worth a warm bucket of spit”?<\/p>\n John Nance Garner.<\/p>\n