Robert J. Dole

“I know how to make the system work. I know how to get things done.”

“When it's all over, it's not who you were. It's whether you made a difference.”

“I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as proud of his failures as he is of his successes.”

“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.”

“There is no greater honor than to serve your country.”

“If you're hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed, come over to the Senate. You'll get the same kind of feeling and you won't have to pay.”

“History will treat me fairly. Historians probably won't.”

“Where's the outrage? Where's the outrage?”

“Let me be the bridge to a time of tranquility, faith, and confidence in action.”

“The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man is free to become whatever God intends he should become.”

“I'm a doer, not a talker.”

“We're not talking about cutting Social Security. We're talking about saving Social Security.”

“You can't be a president if you don't have something to say.”

“My main concern is that there will be a blurring of the lines between print and television and even the Internet and that we may not be able to teach our children to tell the difference.”