Paul Wellstone quotes

I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment. (Paul Wellstone)
Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. View quote
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It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics. View quote
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Never separate the life you live from the words you speak. View quote
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Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives. View quote
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Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers. View quote
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We all do better when we all do better. View quote
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Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine. View quote
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The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy. View quote
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I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party. View quote
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Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. (Paul Wellstone)
The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better. View quote
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A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail. View quote
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The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible. View quote
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When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action. View quote
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As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level. View quote
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I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. View quote
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I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. View quote
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There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. View quote
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If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? View quote
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The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. (Paul Wellstone)
The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society. View quote
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Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives. View quote
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I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people. View quote
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I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right. View quote
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