Best 70 quotes of Bob Dole on MyQuotes

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.

In what might be a motto of those who sought the presidency and lost, Ted Kennedy once said, "Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.

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.

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 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 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.

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

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

I've never known a lot of rich people. It's not my bag.

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.

I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.

Life is very important to Americans.

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.

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.'

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

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

President Obama came to visit me in the hospital. He said, 'I wish you were still in the Senate; I need your help.' I'm not certain I can help on everything. Maybe some things.

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.

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

Stop telling the truth about my record!

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, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.

The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.