Tag: Paul Wellstone

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.

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

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.

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

Politics is not about money.

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

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.

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

A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people’s lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.

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.