Paul Wellstone Quotes

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

Life, Live, Words

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

Fight, Hard, Enough

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.
Paul Wellstone

Dreams, Sometimes, Dreamers

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, Trying, Left

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, Speak, Lives

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.
Paul Wellstone

Democracy, Moral, Idea

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

Politics, Money, Power

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, Learning, Children

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, Vote, Action

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

Education, Human, Democracy

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.
Paul Wellstone

Party, Democratic, Wing

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

Money, Power, Political

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

Teacher, Why, Himself

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

Dreams, Politics, Future

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

Power, Democracy, Serious

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, Power, Real

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, Politics, Justice

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.
Paul Wellstone

Short, Liberal, Jewish

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.
Paul Wellstone

Lives, Question, Quality

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

Future, Stand, Cynical

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

Successful, Vision, Based

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

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
Paul Wellstone

Political, Perfect, Create

Politics is not about money.
Paul Wellstone

Politics, Money

Politics is not about power.
Paul Wellstone

Power, Politics

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: July 21, 1944

Died: October 25, 2002

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