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I've always tried to set some kind of goal. I want to be better than anybody in the banking business, and when I ran the Highway Department in Georgia, I wanted it to be the best in the country. And of course, I have a high sense of public service.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Always Anybody Banking Best Better Business Country Course Department Georgia Goal High Highway Kind Public Public Service Ran Sense Service Set Some Than Tried Want Wanted

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Folks are serious about three things: Their religion, their family and, most of all, their money.

~Bert Lance

Topics: About Family Folks Money Most Religion Serious Things Three

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I guess it is ironical that I have a chance to say to Jesse Jackson, 'You need to be mature. You need to be positive. You need to be bigger than the folks who are trying to tear you down.'

~Bert Lance

Topics: Bigger Chance Down Folks Guess Jackson Mature Need Positive Say Tear Than Trying Who You

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All these years, they've been giving lip service to saying that we are a party that is inclusive instead of exclusive. We've said the Democratic Party has a great big umbrella, and everybody can be comfortable under that umbrella. If they didn't mean it, then it ought to be pulled apart.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Apart Been Big Comfortable Democratic Democratic Party Everybody Exclusive Giving Great Inclusive Instead Lip Lip Service Mean Ought Party Pulled Said Saying Service Then Umbrella Years

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If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. You don't send him back to the firehouse and say, 'Send somebody else.'

~Bert Lance

Topics: Back Color Credentials Else Fire Fireman Him His House Question Say Send Shows Somebody Up You

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I did not want to be a source of diversion from the Mondale-Ferraro ticket. It appears no matter what I did or tried to do, that would not be the case. I came to the conclusion that it was in the best interest of all to stand aside.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Appears Aside Best Came Case Conclusion Did Diversion Interest Matter Source Stand Ticket Tried Want Would I Came

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In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Anything Destroyed Get Goal Hurt People Politics Sometimes Want Way Whatever

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The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not to be a competitive business.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Business Competitive Destroying Lie Never Ought People Press Truth Truth Is Up Wait Whatever Willing

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If you have a situation where you need help, it doesn't make any difference where it comes from.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Any Difference Help Make Need Situation Where You

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In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

~Bert Lance

Topics: Able Cases Get Never Politics Some Understand Votes Where You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: June 3rd, 1931

Died: August 15th, 2013

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