President 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.”
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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I think it’s OK to talk about your military service, but there’s a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.
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Life is very important to Americans.
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If you’re hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You’ll get the same kind of feeling and you won’t have to pay.
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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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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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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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Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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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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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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I’ve never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.
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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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We know smoking tobacco is not good for kids, but a lot of other things aren’t good. Drinking’s not good. Some would say milk’s not good.
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