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There's nothing to be said for opposition. You can only talk about things and you can lay your plans. You can't actually achieve very much; you have to be in government for that. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

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I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#children #devotion #drive #education #everything

Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

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

— George J. Mitchell

#american #american politics #asked #does #god

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#founded #itself #maintain #war

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

#another #asked #began #british #chairman

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

— George J. Mitchell

#complex #first #large #legislative #legislative process

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

#been #berlin #central #contact #germany

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

— George J. Mitchell

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

— George J. Mitchell

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