I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn’t have any.
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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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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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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I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.
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I know there are California oranges and Florida oranges. When I’m in Florida, I like Florida oranges. Today, I think California oranges are the best, of course.
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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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This is not a coincidence. This is not a coincidence. And with all due respect, I am here to tell you it does not take a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child.
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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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