George Miller Quotes
Are we Uncle Sam or Uncle Sucker?
George Miller, U. S. Congressman (Democrat, CA), Quoted by Congresswoman Barbara Boxer, House Debate, January 11, 1991
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See Carl Schurz {33636} for an 1872 version and G. K Chesterton for perspective {597471}.
In a famous debate with Congressman Henry De La Flood (Democrat, VA), the issue was the common practice of hiring foreign nationals to represent the United States in many foreign posts, since their services could be obtained much less expensively than the costs of sending Americans abroad:. See President Millard Fillmore's 1856 campaign speech.
The American concepts of democracy and human rights have been resented when U. S. policy advocated other nation’s adhering to them.
George Miller, born George Wade Dornberger, was a stand-up comedian who first performed standup at age 21 and made his network television debut on The Tonight Show in 1976. He appeared on national television programs several times in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and was a friend to many in the West Coast comedy scene who later enjoyed tremendous success, including David Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld. He died at age 61 after a long bout with leukemia, from a blood clot in his brain.