Author: Paul Wellstone

Quotes

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

- Paul Wellstone

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

- Paul Wellstone

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.

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.

- Paul Wellstone

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

- Paul Wellstone

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

- Paul Wellstone

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

- Paul Wellstone

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

- 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.

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 Wellstone

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

- Paul Wellstone

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