I’ve thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress – the Democrats and Republicans – would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they’d be willing to try.
BOB DOLEHaving a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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I think it’s OK to talk about your military service, but there’s a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.
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Sure, losing an election hurts, but I’ve experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election,
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President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: “I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why I wanted his job. I told him I didn’t want his job. I want to be President.”
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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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I had a dream that I would be here this week, receiving something from the president, but I thought it would be the front door key.
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At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.
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Having been in Congress, you know that’s part of our responsibility the constituent has a problem, We’re supposed to write back and say, ‘Well I can’t do anything’ That’s not what they elect you for.
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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.
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I think one of life’s great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.
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If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.
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All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.
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I mean, there’s always somebody in somebody’s administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don’t know if that’s good. It may be good business; it’s not good politics.
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I’m not a Gingrich fan. He’s just difficult to work with. It’s either Newt’s way or the highway.
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