I dont think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people. – Paul Wellstone
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
A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of peoples lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail. – Paul Wellstone
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? – Paul Wellstone