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
I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. — Paul Wellstone
Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. — Paul Wellstone
Politics isn’t about big money or power games; it’s about the improvement of people’s lives. — Paul Wellstone
Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. — Paul Wellstone
The american polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses — Paul Wellstone
The future will belong to those who have passion and are willing to work hard to make our country better. — Paul Wellstone
The idea of democracy has been stripped of it moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy. — Paul Wellstone
The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product — Paul Wellstone
There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in america: — Paul Wellstone
There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power. — Paul Wellstone
The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. — Paul Wellstone