Bob Dole Quotes - Page 2

With all the divisive forces tearing at our country, we need the glue of language to help hold us together. If we want to ensure that all our children have the same opportunities in life, alternative language education should stop and English should be acknowledged once and for all as the official language of the United States.

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.

I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.

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. 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.

What we dedicate today is not a memorial to war, rather it's a tribute to the physical and moral courage that makes heroes out of farm and city boys and that inspires Americans in every generation to lay down their lives for people they will never meet, for ideals that make life itself worth living.

Life is very important to Americans.

I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.

I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.

Having a disability changes your whole life, not just your attitude.

Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.

Barry Goldwater once said ruefully, and I know how he feels. "It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be President . . . except me."

The horizon is out there somewhere and you keep chasing it, looking for it and working for it.

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.

I used to think that seniority was a terrible thing when I didn't have any.

Elizabeth's back at the Red Cross, and I'm walking the dog.

Think I'll win. Could be big.

It's a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose...

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.

I lost in '96, in case the word hadn't trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.

We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith... Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

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.

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.

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.

If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.