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
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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.
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You have won the Cold War. ... [Your] underappreciated valor [helped] topple the Berlin Wall, and bring down dictators the world over. ... For the past four decades the world behind the Iron Curtain ... looked to Americans for hope, and America looked to you to get the job done. Today, the free world says thank you.
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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 once described myself as the most optimistic man in America. Life has taught me to put my faith in the uncounted millions who may never run for office, pass a bill, or craft a sound bite, but who fight our wars and embody the ideals worth fighting for. My contemporaries have been called the greatest generation. It's not a title we bestowed on ourselves, any more than we asked for the hand that history dealt us in our youth. Now I belong to a disappearing generation, perhaps five million in all, forever bonded by the tests we faced so long ago.
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We got the across-the-board cut and the kiddy credit, and those are the two most important things to sell to voters, ... But there are a number other proposals in the economic plan that will appeal to businesses as well.
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The role of the United States, should, as always, be that of friend and facilitator.
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Providing seniors with the peace of mind that they will be able to get the medicine they need, when they need it, as well as offer extra assistance to pay for it ... is what this new Medicare Benefit has to offer, ... It is important that seniors understand we are talking about a dependable, government-underwritten program that will be a major pillar of Medicare going forward.
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provides the best opportunity to put the people of Kosovo on a course of self-rule and liberty.
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private citizens say all kinds of things all the time. Next question.
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I've never discussed Whitewater ... and I'm not discussing Whitewater now.
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I want again to remind everybody that Slobodan Milosevic is the problem... His troops are stepping up hostile operations in Kosovo and once the Albanian leadership signs this agreement we can turn our full attention to Belgrade,
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We need to reach out and make sure that everyone who should benefit will benefit,
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Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!
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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.