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Paul Wellstone Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines Picture Quote #1

I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn’t stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves Picture Quote #1

The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better Picture Quote #1

The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy Picture Quote #1

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power Picture Quote #1

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power Picture Quote #1

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Why don’t we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 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 (Paul Wellstone Quotes) Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision (Paul Wellstone Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Paul Wellstone Quotes) I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines (Paul Wellstone Quotes) I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn’t stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right (Paul Wellstone Quotes) 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 Quotes) Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia (Paul Wellstone Quotes) 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 Quotes) What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves (Paul Wellstone Quotes) The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better (Paul Wellstone Quotes) The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy (Paul Wellstone Quotes) There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power (Paul Wellstone Quotes) The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power (Paul Wellstone Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice (Paul Wellstone Quotes)

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