Paul Wellstone Quotes

Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.

Nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of children. For children are at our core - not only as vulnerable beings in need of love and care but as a moral touchstone amidst the complexity and contentiousness of modern life.

I have always admired organizations that help children grow and learn, and organizations that protect and shelter children when no one else does. And I wanted to draw attention to these organizations and recognize the contributions they were making to the country and to our children in particular.

Everyone keeps talking about fixing and returning America - making America great. But yet, nobody ever seems to focus on the fact that you're not going to make any country great if you don't address its children.

My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'

Is there anything more important than a child?

The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.

Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.

In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

Like most parents in the US, they are trying, with a little help from UNICEF, to do the best they can to help their children reach their full potential.

I won't give up until the exploitation of all children has ended and all children have their rights.

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.

No child's behind left.

There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

The welfare of our children is our main concern, and their best interests are our first priority.

Have we forgotten about the children, and thus forsaken the next generation?

Those who help a child help humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again.

Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don't want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.

The greatest respect is owed to a child.

Every elected official on this planet should understand - don't play with our children, don't do it.

To be a successful state, we must nurture successful children.

It used to be said that this country was a child-centered one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children have been our lowest priority, both in economic and emotional spending.