In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate.… — George J. Mitchell

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. MitchellPolitician · American · b. 1933

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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. — George Bernard Shaw
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. — Mark Twain
The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. — Albert Einstein
My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920. — George J. Mitchell
Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics. — George J. Mitchell
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