Paul Wellstone
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.
Paul WellstoneThe future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.
Paul WellstoneOur aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
Paul WellstoneI 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 WellstonePolitics is not about money.
Paul WellstonePolitics is not about power.
Paul WellstoneThe American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
Paul WellstoneSuccessful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.
Paul WellstonePolitics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.
Paul WellstoneIf 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.
Paul WellstoneAbove and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.
Paul WellstoneI'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.
Paul WellstoneThe people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.
Paul WellstoneThe only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.
Paul WellstonePolitics 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.
Paul WellstoneI 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.
Paul WellstonePolitics 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.
Paul Wellstone
