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.
BOB DOLEI 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.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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For the past four decades the world behind the Iron Curtain … looked to Americans for hope, and America looked to you to get the job done. Today, the free world says thank you.
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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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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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The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.
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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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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put it.
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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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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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If Lincoln had an affair with a slave woman, it would be an outrage, but when Clinton does it with one of his staff, everyone is okay with it.
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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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The wind doesn’t bother me. I’m in the US Senate.
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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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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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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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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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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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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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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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All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.
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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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