Paul Wellstone quotes - page 2

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal. (Paul Wellstone)
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. View quote
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Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future. View quote
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Politics is not about money. View quote
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Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. View quote
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The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy. View quote
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The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be? View quote
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There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power. View quote
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We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. View quote
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We can remake the world daily. View quote
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What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves. (Paul Wellstone)
What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists. View quote
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Without trying, I'm different. View quote
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Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices. View quote
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Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people. View quote
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If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them. View quote
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