Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
BOB DOLEThe horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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Life is very important to Americans.
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History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon – See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.
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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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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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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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I lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, ‘I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.’ I’m not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.
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I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.
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The wind doesn’t bother me. I’m in the US Senate.
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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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