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 DOLESure, 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,
More Bob Dole Quotes
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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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Life is very important to Americans.
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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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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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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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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.
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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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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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When I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
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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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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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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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Stop telling the truth about my record!
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