History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon – See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.
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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I’ve never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.
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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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I’ve thought about it, not a lot, but I thought my relationship with Congress – the Democrats and Republicans – would help me get some things done. Not everything, but at least they’d be willing to try.
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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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At the same time, I believe our system of legal immigration needs to be re-examined. As part of this re-examination, I support a modest, temporary reduction in the annual rate of legal immigration.
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I think one of life’s great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.
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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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The state is now more involved than it ever has been in the raising of children. And children are now more neglected, more abused and more mistreated than they have been in our time.
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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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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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The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put it.
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Stop telling the truth about my record!
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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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I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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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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