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.
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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Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.
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There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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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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This is what America’s all about, nobody’s being hurt they have a right to express themselves, I watched all the television I could on Miami-Dade and I didn’t see anybody being shoved around.
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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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Sure, 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,
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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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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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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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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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You have won the Cold War. … [Your] underappreciated valor [helped] topple the Berlin Wall, and bring down dictators the world over. …
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