Paul Tsongas Quotes

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Paul Tsongas

Profession : Politician

Birth : February 14, 1941

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.

Paul Tsongas

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

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

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

Paul Tsongas

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

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