Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Doleis an American politician who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996 and in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. In the 1976 presidential election, Dole was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President and incumbent President Gerald Ford's running mate. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and 1988. In 1996, Dole was able to secure the Republican nomination for President of the United States, but lost...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1923
CityRussell, KS
Those that have the most money will probably do quite well,
there is scarcely anyone who believes that the required 67 senators would vote to convict the president on any of the four articles of impeachment approved by the House Judiciary Committee.
We are excited about the direction of this campaign,
We need to reach out and make sure that everyone who should benefit will benefit,
We've got a lot of good people here who feel strongly about Governor Bush and about his winning,
You feel a little older in the morning. By noon I feel about 55.
A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants of the founding fathers. ... when the blood of the sons of immigrants and the grandsons of slaves fell on foreign fields, it was American blood. In it you could not read the ethnic particulars of the soldier who died next to you. He was an American. And when I think of how we learned this lesson, I wonder [how] we could have unlearned it.
All the wisdom doesn’t reside in one party.
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 internet is a great way to get on the net.
There they are. See no evil, hear no evil, and...evil.
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."
You read what Disraeli had to say. I don't remember what he said. He said something. He's no longer with us.
If there is one clear lesson of our century, it is this: where aggression is tolerated, it multiplies.