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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.

Bob Dole

The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.
BOB DOLE

Commitment Hard Impossible Possible Work
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.
BOB DOLE

Thank Thankful Thinking You
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.
BOB DOLE

Child Children Raise State Village
Stop telling the truth about my record!
BOB DOLE

Presidential Records Telling Truth
Life is very important to Americans.
BOB DOLE

Dumb Funny Stupid
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.
BOB DOLE

Clever House White
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.
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Evil Party President
There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and…evil.
BOB DOLE

Evil Haer Politics
Sure, 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 DOLE

Country Experiment Hurt Night Person Self Syre
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.
BOB DOLE

Country Course Orange Thinking Today
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 DOLE

Drinking Kids Smoking
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.
BOB DOLE

Child Coincidence Due Family Respect
If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.
BOB DOLE

Added Country Democrat War
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
BOB DOLE

Cutting Hands Men
If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.
BOB DOLE

Bob Children Thinking
We’ll all be riding that streetcar of desire.
BOB DOLE

Desire Riding
When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.
BOB DOLE

Giving Government Political
You read what Disraeli had to say. I don’t remember what he said. He said something. He’s no longer with us.
BOB DOLE

Disraeli Remember Said
Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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Being Better Get Optimistic
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.
BOB DOLE

Tradition Virtue Vision
I don’t know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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People President Running
If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.
BOB DOLE

Aggression Century Lessons
This is what America’s all about, nobody’s being hurt they have a right to express themselves, I watched all the television I could on Miami-Dade and I didn’t see anybody being shoved around.
BOB DOLE

Country Hurt People Television
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.
BOB DOLE

Feelings Pay Zoos
If Lincoln had an affair with a slave woman, it would be an outrage, but when Clinton does it with one of his staff, everyone is okay with it.
BOB DOLE

Affair Country People
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.
BOB DOLE

Immigration Legal Modest Support Time
Elizabeth’s back at the Red Cross, and I’m walking the dog.
BOB DOLE

Crosses Dog Red

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’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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