I’m not a Gingrich fan. He’s just difficult to work with. It’s either Newt’s way or the highway.
BOB DOLEYou read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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At my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.
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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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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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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 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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The wind doesn’t bother me. I’m in the US Senate.
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Life is very important to Americans.
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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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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: “I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why I wanted his job. I told him I didn’t want his job. I want to be President.”
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If 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.
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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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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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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’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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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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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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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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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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Merely presenting a driver’s license or other document based on a birth certificate is not enough for an accurate verification. Biometric verification of identity must be made and then a data base of those persons who have legal status must be checked.
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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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