Abraham A. Ribicoff

Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none.

I've been around the track a lot. I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back.

My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.

I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.

You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.

Abe Ribicoff believes in that American dream. I believe it from the bottom of my heart, and your sons and daughters, too, can have the American dream come true.