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“Reading newspapers in the state of Maine is like paying somebody to tell you lies.”

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Paul LePage is an American politician who served as the Governor of Maine. Born on October 9, 1948, in Maine, he graduated from the University of Maine. LePage has extensive experience in the business sector, having served as the president of one of Maine's largest private companies. He was elected Governor of Maine in 2011 and re-elected in 2015. more

“War is not two great armies meeting in the clash and frenzy of battle. War is a boy being carried on a stretcher, looking up at God’s blue sky with bewildered eyes that are soon to close; war is a woman carrying a child that has been injured by a shell; war is spirited horses tied in burning buildings and waiting for death; war is the flower of a race, battered, hungry, bleeding, up to its knees in filthy water; war is an old woman burning a candle before the Mater Dolorsa for the son she has given.”

“People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.”

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