George J. Mitchell

My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920.

— George J. Mitchell

So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in…

— George J. Mitchell

I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if…

— George J. Mitchell

I was born and raised in a small town in Maine, Waterville. I enjoyed living there - still do - and my…

— George J. Mitchell

Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian…

— George J. Mitchell

I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education…

— George J. Mitchell

When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history.

— George J. Mitchell

I enjoyed practicing law.

— George J. Mitchell

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest…

— George J. Mitchell

I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me…

— George J. Mitchell

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.

— George J. Mitchell

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the…

— George J. Mitchell

I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a…

— George J. Mitchell

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother…

— George J. Mitchell

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my…

— George J. Mitchell

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…

— George J. Mitchell

What is good about the United States is the sense that you can disagree with the government and not be seen as…

— George J. Mitchell

I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.

— George J. Mitchell

First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures.

— George J. Mitchell

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of…

— George J. Mitchell

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

— George J. Mitchell

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

— George J. Mitchell

The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a…

— George J. Mitchell

My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit…

— George J. Mitchell

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I…

— George J. Mitchell