Political Quotes

“I recall a poet once saying, ``Some people see things that are and ask why.'' But then he said, ``I dream of things that have never been and ask why not.'' It seems to me that such was the life, such was the career, such was the being of Senator Paul Wellstone, a man who had an uncanny way of penetrating. Notice that many people say ``Paul Wellstone,'' and that is because they felt a level of intimacy with him even though they were not personal friends, even though they had not traveled with him on the airplane, even though they did not live in his neighborhood or come from his district. He had a way of connecting, and so we would think of him as Paul Wellstone, Senator Wellstone, full of power, dynamite. I was pleased to spend time with him in many small groups of people where there were no television cameras, there were no headlines, small groups of labor organizers, small groups of college students, small groups of low-income people, and he was asking the question then why not a livable wage so that low-income people can enjoy a level of the goodness and the greatness of this Nation?”