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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.

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Bob Dole
Age: 101
Born: 1923
Born: July 22
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