Paul Tsongas

I came from a disadvantaged home. They were Republicans. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#politics #republicans #humor

Thinking in generations also means enabling our young to have a decent standard of living. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#decent #decent standard #enabling #generations #living

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

— Paul Tsongas

#community #culture #journeys #national #national community

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#children #commitment #environment #equilibrium #journey

That's a good question. Let me try to evade you. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#good #me #question #try #you

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

— Paul Tsongas

#also #commencement #joy #life #melancholy

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

— Paul Tsongas

#compassion #excellence #hope #valor

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. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#days #depth #fear #gives #granted

I am an American. I love this country. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#american #country #i #i am #i love

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. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#based #consent #democracy #derives #fathers