Paul Wellstone Quotes


The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.


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.