Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. – Paul Wellstone
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 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
Politics is about the improvement of peoples lives. Its about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people. – Paul Wellstone
Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty–how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes. – Henry Ward Beecher