Hamilton Jordan Quotes

Hamilton Jordan — American Public Servant born on September 21, 1944, died on May 20, 2008

William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan was Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter... (wikipedia)

I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.

I know a lot of people that had one cancer that are not alive today. I've had three. So my glass is much more than half full.

And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.

I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.

The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.

Hamilton Jordan Quotes

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