Bob Dole Quotes

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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Done Helping Trying
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
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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Jobs Underappreciated Wall War
Stop telling the truth about my record!
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Presidential Records Telling Truth
Think I’ll win. Could be big.
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Political Thinking Winning
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.
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Child Children Raise State Village
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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Age Appreciate Finding Yourself
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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Administration Book Guy Hired Mean Somebody
The wind doesn’t bother me. I’m in the US Senate.
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Bother Senate Wind
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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Thank Thankful Thinking You
You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
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Good Littles Morning Noon
Merely 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.
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Data Identity Immigration Verification
The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That’s the easiest way to put it.
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Country Immigration Way
I had a dream that I would be here this week, receiving something from the president, but I thought it would be the front door key.
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Doors Dream Keys
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.
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Clever House White
When I was quite young, I put my trust in God–not government; and I never get the two confused.
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Confused Government Trust
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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Country Course Orange Thinking Today
Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.
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Average Giving Political
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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Cutting Hands Men
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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Evil House White
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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Confusion Moral Names
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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Dream Jobs Night
Having 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.
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Problem Responsibility Writing
We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith… Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives.
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Atheist Constitution Currency
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,
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Country Experiment Hurt Night Person Self Syre
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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Immigration Legal Modest Support Time
All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.
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Government Need Voting

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