Paul Wellstone Quotes, Thoughts and Images

We all do better, when we all do better.

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

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

Politics is not left, right or center It's about improving people's lives.

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.

We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.

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

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

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

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

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.

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

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

The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

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

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

We can remake the world daily.

Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live.

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

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal

Without trying, I'm different.

Politics is not about power.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.