Paul Wellstone Quotes - Page 3

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• Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

  Paul Wellstone

  Winning, Politics, Sake

  Paul Wellstone (2012). “Becoming Wellstone: Healing from Tragedy and Carrying on My Father's Legacy”, p.47, Hazelden Publishing

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• I was talking about no nukes, the farm crisis. People said that wasn't stuff that a state auditor was supposed to be talking about. Maybe they were right.

  Paul Wellstone

  Talking, Agriculture, People

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• I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal

  Paul Wellstone

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• Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

  Paul Wellstone

  Successful, Self, Purpose

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• There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

  Paul Wellstone

  Power, Missing, Perception

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• I do believe that there's going to be a pretty strong consensus for a very strong .. censure resolution.

  Paul Wellstone

  Strong, Believe, Resolution

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• Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.

  Paul Wellstone

  Practice, Accountability, Needs

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• The problem with party politics is that people get involved every two or four years and that is it. In the meantime, the legislature and Minnesota politics are on a separate track.

  Paul Wellstone

  Party, Years, Two

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• 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

  Inspirational, Believe, Teaching

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• Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.

  Paul Wellstone

  Perfect, Political, Utopia

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