Quotes by Paul Tsongas

“Thats a good question. Let me try to evade you.”

“Lets try winning and see what it feels like. If we dont like it, we can go back to our traditions.”

“The great political tugs of the past 35 years have concerned the distribution of the golden eggs. In the 1980s and 1990s we must focus on the health of the goose.”

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

“I have pretty much made up my mind to do this,”

I came from a disadvantaged home. They were Republicans.

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.

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

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.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore Americas greatness.

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.