Affection Quote by 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 life to…

— 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 they want…

— George J. Mitchell

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

— 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 Gulf or…

— 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 which led…

— 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 days of…

— 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 to think…

— 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 Central Intelligence…

— George J. Mitchell