Bob Dole
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Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22, 1923) is best known as a former Republican United States Senate Majority Leader and Senator from Kansas from 1969-1996. He was the Republican presidential nominee in 1996, but was defeated by incumbent Bill Clinton in the election.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Attributed to Bob Dole by Charlie Cook, "The Democrats' Wild Ride," Cook Political Report, (June 12, 2010)
