I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge..

First, the American legislative process isn't well suited to large and complex measures..

In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I h….

Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else wi….

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency….

I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I sa….

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to th….

The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is in the best ….

My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt….

I believe there's no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended. They're created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. ….

My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother died - we're not sure - ….

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through m….

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, wh….

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Departme….

I'm glad I made the decision, although the practice of law - and particularly serving as a federal judge - was a part of my life that I really enjoye….

I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities ….

In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotis….

So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He ….

So I developed very early a massive inferiority complex, and I've told the story often about how that inspired me later in life to get involved in ot….

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not..

My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920..