Bob Dole Quotes

You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.

When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.

All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.

Yet when the blood of the sons of immigrants and the grandsons of slaves fell on foreign fields, it was American blood. In it you could not read the ethnic particulars of the soldier who died next to you. He was an American. And when I think of how we learned this lesson, I wonder how we could have unlearned it.

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

Political advice is a bit like your average Christmas fruitcake: something everyone gives and no one wants.

If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.

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

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

When I was quite young, I put my trust in God--not government; and I never get the two confused.

The internet is a great way to get on the net.

Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.

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

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.

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.

There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.

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.

As president, I will fight illegal immigration in order to preserve an appropriate level of legal immigration. 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.

I have been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart - by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they've never met and will never see again.

I think the voters believe that when you become president of the United States, you have a higher obligation and a higher standard than anybody in the world. And if you violate that standard, they're going to remember it on election day.

As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.

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."

You read what Disraeli had to say. I don't remember what he said. He said something. He's no longer with us.

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.

The wind doesn't bother me. I'm in the US Senate.