6 Paul Wellstone Quotes on Democracy

Paul Wellstone quotes on democracy

3. 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.

4. I dare to imagine a country where every child I hold in my hands, are all God's children, regardless of the color of their skin, regardless of whether they're boy or girl, regardless of religion, regardless of rich or poor, that every child I hold in my hands, will have the same chance to reach her full potential or his full potential. That is the goodness of our country. That is the essence of the American dream.

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

15. Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.

17. 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.

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