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Bob Dole

12 quotes

“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.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007), p. 134.
“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.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cabinet members defend Bush from O'Neill, CNN (January 12, 2004).
“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 (1923–2021) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in New York Magazine‎ (April 29, 1996), v. 29, no. 17, p. 13.
“Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007), p. 113.
“At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About his wife, Elizabeth Dole, reported in William B. Whitman, The Quotable Politician‎ (2003), p. 125.
“I, Robert Joseph Dole, do solemnly swear... Sorry. Wrong speech.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by the President and Senator Robert Dole at Presentation of Medal of Freedom to Senator Dole (January 17, 1997).
“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 (1923–2021) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007), p. 126
“If we had known we were going to win control of the Senate, we'd have run better candidates.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed to Bob Dole by Charlie Cook, "The Democrats' Wild Ride," Cook Political Report, (June 12, 2010)
“I once called Carter a chicken fried McGovern and I take that back because I've come to respect McGovern.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the Republican debate in Iowa in 1980, reported in Dennie Hall, "Memorable barbs may incite laughter", News Oklahoma (December 26, 2004). The candidates were asked if they had done anything that they regretted.
“He lost the election, and I regret that he did, but they did. He had Rudy Giuliani running all over the country, claiming fraud. He never had one bit of fraud in all those lawsuits he filed and statements he made.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Susan Page, "At 98 and facing cancer, Bob Dole reckons with legacy of Trump and ponders future of GOP", USA Today (July 22, 2021).
“I'm a Trumper. ... I'm sort of Trumped out, though.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Susan Page, "At 98 and facing cancer, Bob Dole reckons with legacy of Trump and ponders future of GOP", USA Today (July 22, 2021).
“I don't like to second-guess, but I do believe we've lost something. I can't get my hand on it, but we're just not quite where we should be, as the greatest democracy in the world. And I don't know how you correct it, but I keep hoping that there will be a change in my lifetime.”
Bob Dole (1923–2021) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Susan Page, "At 98 and facing cancer, Bob Dole reckons with legacy of Trump and ponders future of GOP", USA Today (July 22, 2021).