Paul Wellstone Quotes

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

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.
Paul Wellstone

Politics, Winning, Sake

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

Work, Politics, Hope

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
Paul Wellstone

Society, Personal, Themselves

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

Work, Future, Passion

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?
Paul Wellstone

Best, Children, Help

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

Change, Politics, Good

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

Power, Perception, Changes

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

Politics, Forward, Means

We can remake the world daily.
Paul Wellstone

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
Paul Wellstone

Faith, Poor, Decisions

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.
Paul Wellstone

Power, Political, Advice

Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
Paul Wellstone

Why, Call, Credit

Without trying, I'm different.
Paul Wellstone

Different, Trying

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: July 21, 1944

Died: October 25, 2002

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