If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.
BOB DOLEOne 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.’
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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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 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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There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
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You read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.
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This is not a coincidence. This is not a coincidence. And with all due respect, I am here to tell you it does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child.
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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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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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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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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 mean, there’s always somebody in somebody’s administration who jumps out early, sells a book, and goes after the guy who hired him. I don’t know if that’s good. It may be good business; it’s not good politics.
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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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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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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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