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
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? – 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
When too many Americans dont vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action. – Paul Wellstone
The blind conviction that we have to do something about other peoples reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it whether they like it or not, derives from the assumption that the world belongs to us, who have so expertly depleted its resources, rather than to them, who have not. – Germaine Greer