You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
BOB DOLEThe 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.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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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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You have won the Cold War. … [Your] underappreciated valor [helped] topple the Berlin Wall, and bring down dictators the world over. …
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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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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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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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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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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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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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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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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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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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This is not politics… it’s to protect the innocence of children.
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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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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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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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