Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson

Peter Barton “Pete” Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American politician from California. Wilson, a Republican, served as the 36th governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator (1983–1991), eleven years as Mayor of San Diego (1971–1983) and four years as a California State Assemblyman (1967–1971).

Read more about Pete Wilson:  Early Life, Mayor of San Diego, United States Senator, Governor of California, Energy Deregulation, Presidential Campaign (1996), Banking, Teaching, and Corporate Advisory Career, Honors and Awards

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    It is from quiet places like this all over the world that the forces accumulate which presently will overbear any attempt to accomplish evil on a large scale. Like the rivulets gathering into the river, and the river into the seas, there come from communities like this streams that fertilize the consciences of men, and it is the conscience of the world that we are trying to place upon the throne which others would usurp.
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)