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,
BOB DOLEIf Lincoln had an affair with a slave woman, it would be an outrage, but when Clinton does it with one of his staff, everyone is okay with it.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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I lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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Life is very important to Americans.
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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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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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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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Stop telling the truth about my record!
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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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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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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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