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Racism and xenophobia are called totally unacceptable, and the speaker urges the nation to stand with the many who suffer. He points out that the 15 richest people added $170 billion to their wealth while millions lack jobs, and he blames trade deals like the TPP for losing good‑paying work. He also pushes for tuition‑free public colleges and a Supreme Court that could end Citizens United.

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What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country.

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The government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of the wealthy.

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I happen to respect people who are willing to come under public scrutiny and serve their country.

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If we are a free country, we have the right to be free.

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History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.

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We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.

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I am a fierce supporter of Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and gay rights in this country.

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We had the opposition of virtually the entire Democratic leadership in every state in this country.

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There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the…

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Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United and end the movement toward oligarchy…

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Demagogues like [Donald] Trump come along. He says I know what the cause is. Remember, later, the cause was that Mexicans who…

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The American people in Congress have got to ask themselves a very simple question. Why are we the only major country on…

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This is a war for the soul of Islam. And those countries who are opposed to Islam, they are going to have…

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What we need to do is support small and medium-sized businesses, the backbone of our economy, but we have to make sure…

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We have got to make sure that every qualified American in this country who wants to go to college can go to…

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I think we're going to win a very good share of those delegates. I think you've got major states coming up. And…

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Hillary Clinton is on record supporting a doubling of community health centers in this country, which will mean that tens of millions…

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All over this country you have progressive communities like Madison and Burlington, but we've got to go well, well, well outside of…

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People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries,…

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At a young age, I became very aware that not only did my family have to struggle but that families around the…

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In Germany, many other countries, college tuition is free. Why isn't free in America? Why do we have the highest rate of…

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Not just for the U.S. Senate but it also means for school board and city council. We need to revitalize American democracy.…

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The main problem of America is that you're seeing people working all over this country two jobs, they're working three jobs, and…

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This is America, and we are not going to throw out 11 million people in this country who are undocumented. We're not…

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Where America has got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but it's got to move to a society…

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The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in…

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The political world is changing rapidly. What the establishment has learned, what the Democratic establishment, the Republican establishment, the media establishment, is…

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And the reason that I was one of the first, not one of the last to be in opposition to the TPP…

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Bernie Sanders did not wake up last night with this great idea that we should guarantee health care to all people as…

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I think, while it is true that the Hillary Clinton and I voted differently on the war in Iraq, what is important…

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Campaigns and elections are not a game. They're not a game. They're about trying to change America. We're the wealthiest country in…

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This is a very important issue that the corporate media chooses not to talk about a whole lot, that we have an…

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This country is never going to move forward unless we end Republican rule in the House and Senate.

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The issue is to trying to figure out why we end up spending so much more than other countries.

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What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.

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We are going to do everything that we can to protect working families in this country.

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Don't take it out on the Muslims. Don't take it out on Latinos. Try to help us work together to create a…

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I think what the American people are saying is enough is enough. This country, this great country, belongs to all of us.…

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What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the…

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Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not.

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I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour.…

The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.

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It reminds me in some ways of the debate taking place in this country and around the world in the late 1930s. There were…

I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.

The case to be made is that we have got to get people involved - continue to get people involved in the political process…