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George J Mitchell

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.

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George J Mitchell

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died – we’re not sure – either at or shortly after his birth, and he and all of his siblings were placed in orphanages in the Boston area.

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George J Mitchell

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.

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George J Mitchell

So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married.

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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 to, and that’s what I decided to do.

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George J Mitchell

What is good about the United States is the sense that you can disagree with the government and not be seen as unpatriotic, although many in the government will try to make you seem unpatriotic.

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George J Mitchell

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

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George J Mitchell Teacher

When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history.

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George J Mitchell Sports

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

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George J Mitchell Sports

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.

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George J Mitchell Patriotism

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.

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George J Mitchell Intelligence

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.

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