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.”
BOB DOLEAll you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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The state is now more involved than it ever has been in the raising of children. And children are now more neglected, more abused and more mistreated than they have been in our time.
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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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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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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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If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.
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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith… Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives.
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I know there are California oranges and Florida oranges. When I’m in Florida, I like Florida oranges. Today, I think California oranges are the best, of course.
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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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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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When I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
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