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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We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith… Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives.
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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 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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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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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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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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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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’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 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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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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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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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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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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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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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 never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.
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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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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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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put 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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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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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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