Which begs the question: do scare quotes warrant “scare quotes”? In any case, we couldn’t find any decent Halloween quotes, so we decided to round up some quotes that were just plain scary. And politicians tend to say the scariest things, so here you go:

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.
- Dan Quayle

He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.
- Sarah Palin

But obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies.
- Sarah Palin

If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.
- Marion Barry

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, “Thank God, I’m still alive”. But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
- Barbara Boxer

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
- George W Bush

There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.
- Al Gore