When I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
BOB DOLEAt my age you find yourself looking back from time to time and you begin to appreciate some of the things that happened to you.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
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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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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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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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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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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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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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It’s a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose…
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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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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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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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We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
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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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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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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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