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.
BOB DOLEIf we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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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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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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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’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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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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We know smoking tobacco is not good for kids, but a lot of other things aren’t good. Drinking’s not good. Some would say milk’s not good.
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If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.
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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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Life is very important to Americans.
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