In Honor of His Legacy

The Robert J. Dole
Institute of Politics

In His Own Words

“It is now time for my season in the United States Senate to come to an end. But the new season before me makes this moment far less the closing of one chapter than the opening of another. For while I take pride in the past, I live for the future.”

Senator Bob Dole — June 11, 1996

About the Institute

The Dole Institute of Politics promotes a new era of leadership that uses politics to bring people together through opportunities that emphasize bipartisan cooperation, public service, and civic education and engagement, inspired by the leadership legacies of Senators Bob and Elizabeth Dole and the enduring civic contributions of the Greatest Generation.

“Tonight, I stand before you tested by adversity, made sensitive by hardship, a fighter by principle, and the most optimistic man in America.”

Senator Bob Dole — August 15, 1996