Political Quotes

“I rise at this time to speak in concert with so many others who have spoken today about the career of Senator Bob Dole who today moved on to a new role and new responsibilities and left behind a legacy that is virtually unsurpassed in the history of the Senate. Obviously, the accomplishments that Bob Dole achieved, both as a leader in the Senate as well, in his earlier career, as a Member of the House of Representatives, have been chronicled pretty thoroughly both by the media as well as by Senator Dole himself today. It is a legislative record that any of us would be, I think, immensely proud to have at the end of our careers here in this institution. So, what I thought I might do instead was to just spend a minute or two talking about the personal side of Bob Dole, the side that many of us here in the Senate know but which is maybe not as well known to the American people. I have certainly come to know Bob Dole as a friend.”