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.
BOB DOLEPolitical advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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I’ve never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.
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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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If you’re hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You’ll get the same kind of feeling and you won’t have to pay.
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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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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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You have won the Cold War. … [Your] underappreciated valor [helped] topple the Berlin Wall, and bring down dictators the world over. …
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There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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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 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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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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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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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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
BOB DOLE