Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

Nothing really happened - I was elected in '86 - until 1992, and that's when the Anita Hill debacle happened.

His great passion for education and [making sure] people have an opportunity. Of course that's what came out of the George Mitchell Institute and his scholarships in those high schools.

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

I always said that though I was the first, I wanted to be the first of many.

In American Society today, we need to have volunteerism. I truly believe that it is the glue that will hold us together and it will be the energy that will take us into the 21st century.

I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say, well, he's just a quiet leader, but then he emerges as super hero and begins to move this legislation. He led by example.