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.’
BOB DOLEIt’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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The White House is not being very clever in how it takes on our plan, .. In fact the White House is being sloppy. They are taking everything Bob Dole has ever said we ought to do regarding taxes and adding all of those things up and saying it will cost $800 billion.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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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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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 lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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