Paul Wellstone Quotes


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.


Citations

Wellstone, Paul. The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda. Random House, 2001.

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Paul Wellstone
Paul Wellstone
  • Born: July 21, 1944
  • Died: October 25, 2002
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Paul David Wellstone was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash in Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Wellstone was a leader of the progressive wing of the national Democratic Party.