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.
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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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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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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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The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put it.
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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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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.”
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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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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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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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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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