Famous Quotes

"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."

Paul Wellstone on Politics

More quotes about Politics

• "Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

  John F. Kennedy on Politics

• "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself."

  Mark Twain on Politics

• "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

  Plato on Politics

• "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

  Milton Friedman on Politics

• "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

  Joseph Stalin on Politics

More quotes by Paul Wellstone

• "The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible."

• "Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers."

• "Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future."

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

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