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. -Paul Wellstone Peace
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. -Paul Wellstone Learning
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. -Paul Wellstone Leadership
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 Politics
A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail. -Paul Wellstone Politics
Politics 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 Wellstone Hope
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? -Paul Wellstone Teacher
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. -Paul Wellstone Teacher
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. -Paul Wellstone Politics
The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. -Paul Wellstone Money
We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. -Paul Wellstone Politics
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. -Paul Wellstone Hope
Politics 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 Wellstone Politics
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. -Paul Wellstone Politics
Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. -Paul Wellstone Education
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. -Paul Wellstone Change
