Paul Wellstone Quotes

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as a creed which believes in the essential dignity and equality of all men, but as that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

Freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise.

As Democrats, we believe in fairness and opportunity.

All of us, as citizens, need to kind of get over our classisms and vote for the betterment of us all.

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

I think most Americans would agree people should be treated equally and everyone ought to be able to pursue a fulfilling life with the ones they love.

Speaking out is important for me because everyone should be treated equally.

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace.

You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it.

We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don't make progress for all participants.

In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.

The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.

Without equality there can be no democracy.

If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom.

The advantages and privileges which have hitherto enjoyed by the few shall be far more widely shared by the many.

This democracy is shaped by equality of opportunity.

We not only need community development but we need equitable development.

We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.

I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.

People need to see signs of equal treatment across society.