Paul Tsongas Quotes

From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.

Democrats love employees, it's employers they hate.

In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa, not in any corner of this earth, where the simple idea of democracy and freedom has taken root.

Breastroke is an athletic event, butterfly is a political statement.

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.

You cannot be pro-jobs and anti-business at the same time. You cannot love employment and hate employers.

When George Bush used the Willie Horton ad, he knew what he was doing.

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.

I wish I had spent more time at the office.

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

This land, this water, this air, this planet - this is our legacy to our young.

No one on his deathbed ever said, I wish I had spent more time on my business.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me.

The core of America is not racist. It is not hostile to women. It is increasingly offended by gay bashing. Yet it abhors government waste. It believes strongly in fiscal responsibility such as balanced budgets. It is pro-economic growth. It is concerned about the environment. It is intolerant of people on welfare who disdain the notion of work. But it wants poor kids to have school lunches and it wants to spend money to have good schools. In sum, most Americans are sensible, good-hearted, and prudent. The issue, then, is whether there is a political party that can welcome them home.

Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment.

I have pretty much made up my mind to do this.

I came from a disadvantaged home. They were Republicans.

It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine.

The cold war is over; Japan won.

I am an American. I love this country.

A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.

America is the sum of all our journeys as we search for our national community and our national culture.

My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance.

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.