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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.

~George J. Mitchell

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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

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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

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: August 20th, 1933

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