When I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
BOB DOLEPresident 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.”
More Bob Dole Quotes
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The wind doesn’t bother me. I’m in the US Senate.
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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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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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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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I lost in ’96, in case the word hadn’t trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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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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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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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I know there are California oranges and Florida oranges. When I’m in Florida, I like Florida oranges. Today, I think California oranges are the best, of course.
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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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If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.
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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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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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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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