Paul Wellstone Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.
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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.
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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.
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We all do better when we all do better.
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Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.
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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.
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I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.
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Politics is not about power.
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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.
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Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
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Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.
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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.
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I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.
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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.