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The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power

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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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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Leadership
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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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Money
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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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Politics
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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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power

But the lovers power is the poets power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung. – Amelia Barr

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power

If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. – Howard Zinn

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power

Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams

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power

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Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events. – Bertrand Russell

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Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty. – Stephen Hawking

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He wants you all to Himself to put His loving, divine arms around you. – Charles Stanley

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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. – Khalil Gibran

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