James Mitchell Quotes

"We think the senior class will be excited about having an accomplished high-profile speaker who will be able to draw on his extensive life experiences to deliver a great commencement speech."

"Go and see the quality of life of the people on the Chiquita plantations, ... People living in shacks, people living with tin roofs held on by stones and with earthen floors, people working for 20 U.S. cents a day."

"If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help."

"That was something in the past we just took for granted, that everybody had a way off the island. I think (Katrina) has opened up our eyes definitely and given us a different perspective on dealing with the evacuation."

"Go and see the quality of life of the people on the Chiquita plantations. People living in shacks, people living with tin roofs held on by stones and with earthen floors, people working for 20 U.S. cents a day."