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" As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level. "

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" Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people. "

Paul Wellstone

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" Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives. "

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

" We can remake the world daily. "

" Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. "

" 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. "

" Politics is not about power. "

" 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. "

" Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities. "

" Politics is not about money. "

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

" I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party. "

" It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics. "

" Without trying, I'm different. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" We all do better when we all do better. "

Paul Wellstone

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

" The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. "

" 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. "

" If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students? "

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

" When too many Americans don't 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. "

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

" If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them. "

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