Bob Dole Quotes

#1. In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans let move to the front of the buffet line, deferring to seniority, as they had in 1996, when Bob Dole turtled to the top of the ticket.

James Wolcott

#2. Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

Al Franken

#3. The media cannot come separate [Donald] Trump from his supporters. Only Trump can do that. They're trying, they're gonna keep trying because they think they can. They did it with [George W.]Bush. They did it with [Mitt] Romney. They did it with [John] McCain. They did it with Bob Dole.

Rush Limbaugh

#4. During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, 'There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.'

Al Franken

#5. I'll be 50 years old tomorrow and that means, among other things, that now Bob Dole can start telling jokes about me.

David Letterman

#6. Bob Dole revealed he is one of the test subjects for Viagra. He said on Larry King, 'I wish I had bought stock in it.' Only a Republican would think the best part of Viagra is the fact that you could make money off of it.

Jay Leno

#7. Bill Clinton, Mr. Bob Dole, You too old to understand tha way tha game is told.

Tupac Shakur

#8. On the announcement that signs of extra terrestrial life were found in a meteorite, August 6, 1996 A hundred years from now Bob Dole's new tax plan will rate a footnote in the history books and this may have a whole chapter in itself.

Richard E. Berendzen

#9. In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.

Jack Kemp

#10. If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.

Sonny Bono

#11. 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.

Bob Dole

#12. 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

#13. I've been racking my brain. I've been trying to figure out how Bob Dole's luggage got on my airplane ... I told the doctor, I said, 'Look, I'm worried about the next election.' ... A misunderstanding.

Rush Limbaugh

#14. As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.

Dick Morris

#15. I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob Dole.

Phil Gramm

#16. Reagan was president and had Democrats control the House and Senate, and they reformed the tax code. Clinton was president, and he had Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole; they reformed welfare and balanced the budget.

Kevin McCarthy

#17. Bob Dole is going to be appearing in a Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears. Yeah, apparently Dole says that if this doesn't cure his erectile dysfunction, nothing will.

Conan O'Brien

#18. The Democrats are all over this. Democratic strategists feel John Kerry's war record means he can beat Bush. They say when it comes down to it voters will always vote for a war hero over someone who tried to get out of the war. I'll be sure to mention that to Bob Dole when I see him.

Jay Leno

#19. The Internet is a great way to get on the net.

Bob Dole

#20. 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.

Bob Dole

#21. We'll all be riding that streetcar of desire.

Bob Dole

#22. 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."

Bob Dole

#23. 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.

Bob Dole

#24. 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.

Bob Dole

#25. 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.

Bob Dole

#26. 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.

Bob Dole

#27. Elizabeth's back at the red cross, and I'm walking the dog.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#29. All the wisdom doesn't reside in one party.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#31. This is not politics ... it's to protect the innocence of children.

Bob Dole

#32. This is what America's all about, nobody's being hurt they have a right to express themselves, I watched all the television I could on Miami-Dade and I didn't see anybody being shoved around.

Bob Dole

#33. 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.

Bob Dole

#34. 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.

Bob Dole

#35. Think I'll win. Could be big.

Bob Dole

#36. 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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#38. I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#42. It's going to be hard for someone like me to run for president.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#44. We're trying to get good pictures. Don't worry very much about what I say.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#47. 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.

Bob Dole

#48. He's [G.H.W. Bush] never had to do a day's work in his life.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#50. 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

#51. At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#53. 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.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#55. The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

Bob Dole

#56. You know, a better man for a better America. That's sort of our slogan.

Bob Dole

#57. No more verbally incomprehensible no more devoid of the vision thing and no more the cautious pragmatist proudly displaying the virtues of tradition and the advantages of biological seniority.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#61. Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!

Bob Dole

#62. I really thought, with my background growing up, and my service, and all that, I thought it would be enough for the presidency. But ... It sure was enough when I ran for Congress.

Bob Dole

#63. 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

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#66. 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.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#68. 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.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#70. 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.'

Bob Dole

#71. 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

#72. Life is very important to Americans.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#75. 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.

Bob Dole

#76. 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.

Bob Dole

#77. 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.

Bob Dole

#78. Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#81. Stop telling the truth about my record!

Bob Dole

#82. 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

Bob Dole

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

Bob Dole

#84. 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.

Bob Dole

#85. 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.

Bob Dole