George J. Mitchell

George John Mitchell is an American lawyer, businessman, author, and politician. A Democrat, Mitchell served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995.

Date of birth:
20th August, 1933
"When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history."
― George J. Mitchell
Topic(s): Teacher
"I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not."
― George J. Mitchell
Topic(s): Sports
"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
Topic(s): Politics
"Although he’s regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics."
― George J. Mitchell
Topic(s): Politics
"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
Topic(s): Relationship
"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
Topic(s): Peace
"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
Topic(s): Positive
"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
Topic(s): Patriotism
"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
Topic(s): Intelligence
"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
Topic(s): Health

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