Paul Tsongas

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

Paul Tsongas

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

Paul Tsongas

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.

Paul Tsongas

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

Paul Tsongas

I came from a disadvantaged home. They were Republicans.

Paul Tsongas

Our only weapons in this war of your lifetime are the weapons of the mind.

Paul Tsongas

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

Paul Tsongas

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.

Paul Tsongas

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.

Paul Tsongas

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

Paul Tsongas

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

Paul Tsongas

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.

Paul Tsongas

You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.

Paul Tsongas

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.

Paul Tsongas

If you were in a room with Kadaffi, Saddam Hussien, and John Sununu, and you only had two bullets, what would you do. Shoot John Sununu twice.

Paul Tsongas

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

Paul Tsongas

No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam, the spring of 1989 in China. These events intrude upon our lives and radically affect our directions.

Paul Tsongas

We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching.

Paul Tsongas