You have won the Cold War. … [Your] underappreciated valor [helped] topple the Berlin Wall, and bring down dictators the world over. …
BOB DOLEI’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.
More Bob Dole Quotes
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The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place
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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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I’m not a Gingrich fan. He’s just difficult to work with. It’s either Newt’s way or the highway.
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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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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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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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Life is very important to 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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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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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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You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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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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Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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