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.
BOB DOLEIf there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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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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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put it.
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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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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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The wind doesn’t bother me. I’m in the US Senate.
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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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