Paul Wellstone

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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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

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We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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We can remake the world daily. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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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

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Without trying, I'm different. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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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

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Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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