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.
BOB DOLEAt 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.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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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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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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This is not a coincidence. This is not a coincidence. And with all due respect, I am here to tell you it does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child.
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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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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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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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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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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.
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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.
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I’ve never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.
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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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