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
I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. – Paul Wellstone
Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. – Paul Wellstone
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
I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society. – Daisaku Ikeda