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.
BOB DOLEI 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.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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For the past four decades the world behind the Iron Curtain … looked to Americans for hope, and America looked to you to get the job done. Today, the free world says thank you.
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Yet when the blood of the sons of immigrants and the grandsons of slaves fell on foreign fields, it was American blood.
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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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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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You read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.
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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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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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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.
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Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.
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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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