Paul Wellstone

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

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

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.

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.

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.