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.
BOB DOLEWe 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.
BOB DOLEPolitical advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
BOB DOLEMerely 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.
BOB DOLEYou feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
BOB DOLEElizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
BOB DOLEHaving 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.
BOB DOLEI think it’s OK to talk about your military service, but there’s a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.
BOB DOLENo 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.
BOB DOLESure, 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,
BOB DOLEFor 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.
BOB DOLEWhen I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
BOB DOLEYet when the blood of the sons of immigrants and the grandsons of slaves fell on foreign fields, it was American blood.
BOB DOLEThose who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.
BOB DOLEThings are going to get better. Be optimistic.
BOB DOLEI 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.
BOB DOLEOne 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.’
BOB DOLE