Quotes by Bernie Sanders

About Bernie Sanders:

Bernard is an American politician who currently serves as the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in Louisiana, the people of Vermont are there for them. If there's a tornado in the Midwest, we are there for th...

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I think the overwhelming majority of the American people know that we have got to stand together, that we're going to grow together, that we're going to survive together, and that if we start splintering, we're not going to succeed in a highly compet...

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Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That's fine. But what do you do?

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To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we see, hear and read.

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You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.

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CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

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Here is what the practical impact of Citizens United means. What Citizens United means is that corporations call hundreds of millions of dollars into television ads, radio ads, and other forms of advertising to defeat those candidates who stand up an...

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After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.

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The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.

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I don't believe there's a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare, Social Security and veterans' benefits rather than doing away with corporate tax loopholes.

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If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.

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The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.

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Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.

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It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies.

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I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats.

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I think the American people in many cases want to transform our energy system.

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The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.

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What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, the...

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What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.

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You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.

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Let's be honest, dental care in America is extremely expensive, period.

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Author Bio

  • NameBernie Sanders
  • DescriptionUnited States Senator
  • AliasesBernard Sanders
  • BornSeptember 8, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Politician; Writer
  • AwardsCongressional Activism Award; Col. Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award