“I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.”
— Paul Wellstone
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“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.”
— Paul Wellstone
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“We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.”
— Paul Wellstone
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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
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“The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.”
— Paul Wellstone
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“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
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“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.”
— Paul Wellstone
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“I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.”
— Paul Wellstone
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“What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.”
— Paul Wellstone
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“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
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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.”
— Paul Wellstone
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