When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
BOB DOLEPolitical advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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One 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.’
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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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Merely presenting a driver’s license or other document based on a birth certificate is not enough for an accurate verification. Biometric verification of identity must be made and then a data base of those persons who have legal status must be checked.
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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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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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President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, ‘I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.’ I’m not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.
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The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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