Paul Wellstone Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.”

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

“The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.”

“I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Politics is not about power.”

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

“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.”

“Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.”