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I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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

— Paul Wellstone

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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. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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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. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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Raw Living: Picking blackberries, beneath late afternoon sun; a sunset reminiscent of watermelon sangria, as the scent of honeysuckle accosts me and the ducks waddle into the lake. Thanking Mama Nature for her abundance. Loving this candied-sweet southern life. ↗

— Brandi L. Bates

#life-lessons #raw-foods #southern-fiction #sunsets #the-south

Μια από τις κυριότερες αποστολές κάθε ηγεμόνα ήταν κατά την άποψη (του Κομφούκιου) η επάρκεια διατροφής για όλους τους ανθρώπους. ↗

— Martina Darga

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