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Sanders likens Wall Street and credit‑card firms to gangsters who hand out predatory loans. He urges a united stand against racism and xenophobia, calling it completely unacceptable. He also stresses the need to bring millions into the political process so everyone can have a voice.

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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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People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.

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When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.

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I've run for statewide office plenty of times, and people know me.

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We did phenomenally well with young people. I think we did well with working class people.

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

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I think the immediate thing is we stand up to protect those people who are in trouble.

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Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

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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…

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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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The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle,…

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Hillary Clinton understands that we have to invest in education and jobs for our young people, not more jails or incarceration.

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I think what the secretary Hillary Clinton has recognized is the American people are extremely angry about the power of Wall Street,…

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I think there are a lot of people who, when they hear the word 'socialist,' get very, very nervous.

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The Republicans are many things, but they're not dumb. And if millions of people begin to stand up and fight back, they're…

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I think, in my own state, I can tell you that people do want to hear a serious discussion on serious issues.

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I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by…

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What every American should know is that we have more people in jail today than any other country on Earth, more than…

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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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The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. We have to increase voter turnout…

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Republicans win when people are demoralized and you have a small voter turnout, which by the way is why they love voter…

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It's not something where you can say, one time you said this and now you said this. That doesn't peel off any…

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Politics is not about a person. We transform America not by electing some guy or woman to be president; we transform this…

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The Affordable Care Act has clearly, as Secretary Clinton made the point, done a lot of good things, but, what it has…

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At a time when the average student is graduating from a four-year college $27,000 in debt, when hundreds of thousands of capable…

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Clearly we must do everything we can to protect our country from the serious potential of another terrorist attack, but we can…

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You all remember how many years ago, we were younger, it was uppity women who are trying to take our jobs as…

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What I do know is that drones are a modern weapon. When used effectively, when taking out ISIS or terrorist leaders, that's…

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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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The reality is we that have a corrupt campaign finance system which separates the American people's needs and desires from what Congress…

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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 that the needs of the VA and the needs of the veteran community are very, very significant. Цe're talking about…

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The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.

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I prefer to stay on the important issues facing the American people.

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We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana.

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There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.

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The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your [Hillary Clinton] damn e-mails!

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It's time for the Supreme Court to catch up to the American people and legalize gay marriage.

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I fear very much for our kids, for low income people and for seniors.

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The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.

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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…

What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1…

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We need a strategy. And the goal is to bring millions of people together.

We are living at a time where a handful of people have wealth beyond comprehension - huge yachts, jet planes, tens of billions of…

The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.

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…