If we don't fight hard enough ...

If we don\'t fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don\'t really stand for them.
If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
 Paul Wellstone

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.
 Paul Wellstone
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
I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.
 Paul Wellstone
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
 Paul Wellstone
We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.
 Paul Wellstone