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.
BOB DOLEHaving 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.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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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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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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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 lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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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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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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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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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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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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Life is very important to Americans.
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