80 Quotes by Paul Wellstone

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

Without trying, I’m different.

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product – it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

Traditional progressive bread and butter economic issues are the heart of the solution. It’s about ensuring decent jobs with a good wage. It’s about ensuring a free public education in all the communities of America, whether they are in the shiny new affluent suburbs or the crumbling old schools of the older suburbs and cities. It’s about ensuring a system where all Americans have access to health care, instead of a steadily declining share of our population.

We all do better when we all do better.

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

Politics is not about money.