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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

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Bob Dole
Age: 101
Born: 1923
Born: July 22
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It's a lot more fun winning. It hurts to lose...
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Yet 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.
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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.
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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.
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Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.
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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
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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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The internet is a great way to get on the net.
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The California proposition [Prop. 187] is one I would agree with. That's the easiest way to put it.
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I'm not a Gingrich fan. He's just difficult to work with. It's either Newt's way or the highway.
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Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed.
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If we added up the killed and wounded from the Democrat wars in this country, it would be about 1.6 million Americans.
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I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
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I lost in '96, in case the word hadn't trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.
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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.
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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.
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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
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