Paul Tsongas
Paul Tsongas
Paul Efthemios Tsongaswas an American politician and a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1985, who had previously served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts's 5th congressional districtand held local political office. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1992 presidential election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 February 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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In my time it was the Kennedy call to public service in the Third World. Had there been no Peace Corps, my life would have been radically different.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office.
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Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.
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Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.
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This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young.
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Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.
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America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.
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My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.
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Lowell is my home. It is where I drew my first breath. It is where I will always derive a sense of place and a sense of belonging
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Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
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I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.
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America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture.
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Breastroke is an athletic event, butterfly is a political statement.
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Our only weapons in this war of your lifetime are the weapons of the mind.