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.
BOB DOLEI mean, there’s always somebody in somebody’s administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don’t know if that’s good. It may be good business; it’s not good politics.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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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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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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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 California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put it.
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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
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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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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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When I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
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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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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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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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I lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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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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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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Life is very important to Americans.
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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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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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I mean, there’s always somebody in somebody’s administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don’t know if that’s good. It may be good business; it’s not good politics.
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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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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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