He grew up in Washington, D.C., and he's the son of a wealthy U.S. Senator...
He went to the most expensive private schools in Washington, D.C., and I'm
the product of the public schools... I'm at a big disadvantage, but we'll
do all right.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle while in Detroit, 9/30/92
A spokesman later said that he was joking.
(reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer 10/1/92):