“As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.”

— Bob Dole

Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007), p. 134.

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