Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

We all do better when we all do better.

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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
Paul Wellstone

If 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 Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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
Paul Wellstone

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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
Paul Wellstone

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better.

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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
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 Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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
Paul Wellstone

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

Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone

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.