The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Let there be no distance between the words you say and the life you live. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
I dare to imagine a country where every child I hold in my hands, are all God's children, regardless of the color of their… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
“Traditional progressive bread and butter economic issues are the heart of the solution. It's about ensuring decent jobs with a good wage. It's about ensuring a free public education in all the communities of America, whether they are in the shiny new affluent suburbs or the crumbling old schools of the older suburbs and cities. It's about ensuring a system… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share
Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Politics is not left, right or center ... It's about improving people's lives. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
There is an elementary aspiration which undergirds the humane impulse in our history and our culture and binds us together as political activists. This is a simple, irreducible, indisputable aspiration. It is the 'dream of justice' for a beloved community, in which the level of terror in people's lives is sharply reduced or maybe eliminated. It is the belief that… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share
