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George J Mitchell Quotes
Although hes regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics. - George J Mitchell Quotes
And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington. - George J Mitchell Quotes
As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. - George J Mitchell Quotes
First, the American legislative process isnt well suited to large and complex measures. - George J Mitchell Quotes
From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I didnt want to make it a lifetime thing. I dont believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and thats what I decided to do. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I enjoyed practicing law. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I often think about how my life would have been different had I declined the offer to be appointed to the Senate and stayed on the federal bench. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didnt have any money. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I was asked to go to the Middle East by Prime Minister Barak, Chairman Arafat, and President Clinton, and chaired an international commission there. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I was born and raised in a small town in Maine, Waterville. I enjoyed living there - still do - and my goal in life was a fairly specific and focused one of practicing law in Maine. - George J Mitchell Quotes
I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge. - George J Mitchell Quotes
Im glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoyed and treasured and look back on it with fondness. - George J Mitchell Quotes
In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism. - George J Mitchell Quotes
In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time. - George J Mitchell Quotes
My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - were not sure - either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area. - George J Mitchell Quotes
My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920. - George J Mitchell Quotes
My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that. - George J Mitchell Quotes
So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and Ive told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldnt out-do my brothers in sports, and its a very competitive relationship. - George J Mitchell Quotes
So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married. - George J Mitchell Quotes
The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans dont have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they dont have access to good health care. - George J Mitchell Quotes
What is good about the United States is the sense that you can disagree with the government and not be seen as unpatriotic, although many in the government will try to make you seem unpatriotic. - George J Mitchell Quotes
When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history. - George J Mitchell Quotes
You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it. - George J Mitchell Quotes
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