Author: Paul Wellstone

Quotes

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

- 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

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

If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

- 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

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

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

- Paul Wellstone

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

- Paul Wellstone

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