Michael Dukakis
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"Michael Stanley Dukakis" served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991 respectively. He is the longest-serving Governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek American Governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. In 1988, he was the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic United States presidential election, 1988/nominee for President, but lost to the Republican Party (United States)/Republican candidate, then–Vice President of the United States/Vice President, George H. W. Bush.

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We need an all-precinct operation, with precinct captains and block captains.

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I can bring to a classroom a wealth of information, because I have been there.

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The best America is a nation where the son of Greek immigrants, with your help, can seek and win the presidency of the United States.

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Like a good general, I...treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.

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He was just an extraordinarily able guy. You couldn't work with Bill Clinton and not see it. We were philosophically in tune with each other and we took our politics seriously and it was so clear that Bill Clinton was one of the best.

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What do you do if you're in a room with Muammar Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and John Sununu, and you have a gun with only two bullets? Shoot Sununu twice.

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A kid of immigrants becomes a governor and runs for president. A true American story, ... I'm just a guy who loves his country. I was fortunate to be involved in public life for more than 30 years. Lots of us have dreams; I have lived mine.

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