At the same time, I believe our system of legal immigration needs to be re-examined. As part of this re-examination, I support a modest, temporary reduction in the annual rate of legal immigration.
BOB DOLEIf there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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This is what America’s all about, nobody’s being hurt they have a right to express themselves, I watched all the television I could on Miami-Dade and I didn’t see anybody being shoved around.
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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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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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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No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.
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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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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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One of my most often repeated quips was the one I made when former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon stood by each other at a White House event. ‘There they are,’ I said. ‘See no evil, hear no evil, and . . . evil.’
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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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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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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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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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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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