"...how can we live in the richest, most……" — Paul Wellstone
"...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?"
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Paul Wellstone
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56 Quotes by Paul Wellstone
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Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers
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Politics is not about power.
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Without trying, I'm different.
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I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal
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Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.
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I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed…
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