Political Slips of the Tongue

clipped from people.howstuffworks.com clipped from people.howstuffworks.com 1. Ronald Reagan ­As president, Ronald Reagan sometimes veered from his carefully written speeches with disastrous results. In 1988, when trying to quote John Adams, who said, "Facts are stubborn things," Reagan slipped and said, "Facts are stupid things." clipped from people.howstuffworks.com 3. Richard Nixon "You don't know how to lie. If you can't lie, you'll never go anywhere." clipped from people.howstuffworks.com 5. Texas House Speaker Gib Lewis "I want to thank each and every one of you for having extinguished yourselves this session." clipped from people.howstuffworks.com 6. Dan Quayle "This president is going to lead us out of this recovery." clipped from people.howstuffworks.com 9. George H. W. Bush While campaigning in 1988, Bush described serving as Ronald Reagan's vice president this way: "For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex . . . uh . . . setbacks."