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I enjoyed practicing law.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Enjoyed
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Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
God
American Politics
Sides
American
Although
Does
Asked
Take
Regularly
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First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Firsts
Legislative Process
Process
Wells
Complex
Large
Legislative
Measures
Suited
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When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Teacher
College
Goal
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I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Sports
Athlete
Brother
Athletes
Brothers
Older Brothers
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I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Attorney
Judging
Maine
Pregnancy
Years
Judge
Appointed
Federal Judge
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My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Lebanon
Mother
United States
Years
Immigrant
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You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
East
Ireland
Middle East
Northern Ireland
Pessimism
Existed
Exists
Northern
Stayed
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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 / Former United States Senator
Agency
Berlin
Contact
Germany
Military
Office
Central
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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 / Former United States Senator
Sister
Brother
Brothers And Sisters
Present Time
Strong
Work Ethic
Life Time Work
Brothers
Sisters
Earliest
Ethic
Life Work Time
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I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Believe
Decided
Lifetime
People
Term
Term Limits
Statutory
Themselves
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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 / Former United States Senator
Department
Evening
Justice
Law
School
Washington
Department Of Justice
Insurance
Joined
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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 / Former United States Senator
Born
Enjoyed
Focused
Goal
Law
Maine
Raised
Small Town
Living
Fairly
Still
Small
Town
Practicing
Specific
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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 / Former United States Senator
Opportunity
Children
Devotion
Parent
Education Children Parents
Owe
Led
Opportunities
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Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else without congressional authorization.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
War
President
Views
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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 didn't have any money.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Army
Brother
Influence
Older Brother
Positive Influence
School
Encouraged
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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 / Former United States Senator
Government
British
Chairman
Six
Years
Years Ago
Began
Governments
Ironically
Led
Negotiations
Serve
They Say
Ultimately
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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 / Former United States Senator
Disagree
Unpatriotic
Good Government Will
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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 / Former United States Senator
Deprivation
Growing Up
Needs
Parent
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The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is in the best interest of the company, shareholders and others.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Choices
Important
Tasks
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I'm 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 / Former United States Senator
Decision
Enjoyed
Fondness
Glad
Judging
Law
Practice
Serving
Treasured
Judge
Federal Judge
Particularly
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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 / Former United States Senator
Jobs
Couple
Firm
Portland
Years
Senator
Law Firm
Meeting
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The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don't have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don't have access to good health care.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Access
Good Health
Health Care
Health Good Today
Insurance
Result
Tragically
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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 / Former United States Senator
Adopted
Boston
Couple
Elderly
Father
Maine
Mother
Moved
Orphanage
Childless
Mitchell
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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 / Former United States Senator
Christmas
Smile
Christmas Day
Decision
Limited Time
Senate
Spring
Term
Years
Earlier
Seek
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I believe there's no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended. They're created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Peace
Believe
Hurtful
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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 / Former United States Senator
Patriotism
Attributes
Criticism
Human History
Including
Support
Seek
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So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in other things, because I couldn't out-do my brothers in sports, and it's a very competitive relationship.
George J. Mitchell / Former United States Senator
Relationship
Sports
Brother
Inferiority
Inferiority Complex
Massive
Brothers
Competitive
Complex
Developed
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My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're 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 / Former United States Senator
Birth
Boston
Died
Father
Immigrants
Ireland
Mother
Orphanage
Sibling
Son
Mother Father Parents
Placed
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