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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More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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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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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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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 I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
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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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I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.
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The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place
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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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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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I lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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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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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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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 have won the Cold War. … [Your] underappreciated valor [helped] topple the Berlin Wall, and bring down dictators the world over. …
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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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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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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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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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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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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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