Quote #9
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.
More from Paul Wellstone
- I think the prophetic tradition of our faith is that to love God is to love justice.
- Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.
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- Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia. What we seek is more simply to improve the quality o…
- I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.
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- I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.
- People have to hear words that not only sound right but feel right. I think it's in part the economic message, but it's also in part a mess…