Paul Wellstone Quotes

It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.

The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative.

As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.

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

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

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.

Without trying, I'm different.

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

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.

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

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.