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Political Quotes by Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders calls for more people to join the political process at every level, saying that real change comes from broad participation. He frames wealth and income inequality as a moral war, warns about big money’s grip on politics, and stresses that the Democratic Party must stand with working families.

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The middle class is collapsing and we are moving toward an oligarchic form of society, where the billionaires will control the economy…

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Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand…

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The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in…

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Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic…

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In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money…

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We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.

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Families are struggling to put bread on the table, send their kids to college and take care of their basic needs. America…

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Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money…

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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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Being Jewish and having lost relatives in the Holocaust, I've always been aware of the meaning of prejudice. These are things that…

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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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I believe what Martin Luther King Jr. believed. You remember what the title of the March on Washington was? "Jobs and Freedom."…

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I think, the most progress I have agenda, the progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party. So we have got…

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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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Politically, as a result of Citizens United, billionaires are now able to spend as much money as they want on campaigns, which…

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We know the legislation that passed the House. It was the worst piece of legislation frankly against working class people that I…

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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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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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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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We've got to stand with those people who are being attacked today, but at the same time, it's not good enough to…

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Vermont is such a small state, and the most money that's ever been spent in the history of political campaigns there is…

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The good news is that we've seen in recent years significant reductions in the cost of solar panels and wind production. We…

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For Democrats to win, they're going to have to address the needs of working people. They're going to have to address the…

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The future of the Democratic Party, the future of this country is involving young people in the political process, getting them to…

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The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process.

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A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932 ... and 50 million people died as a result ... what I…

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We need to change the power structure in America, we need to end the political oligarchy.

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I understand what a normal political speech is. You get up there, tell a few jokes, you have the flags behind you,…

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

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I am extraordinarily proud of the campaign that we ran. The issues that we raised, the fact that we got 13 million…

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We have got to change the political culture in America. We need a political revolution. That means we are working on politics…

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What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government…

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I think it's important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with…

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We can combat climate change effectively. What we are lacking now is not the brain power, not the knowledge, not the technology.…

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Wall Street is perhaps the most powerful economic and political force in this country. You have companies like Goldman Sachs, who just…

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Even in South Carolina, as badly as we did, and we did very badly, we won the votes of people 29 years…

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What we have got to do - especially with younger people, especially with people not heavily involved in the political process -…

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What does a political revolution look like? It means that 80 percent of the people vote in national elections, not 40 percent.…

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The American people understand that we need real change in this country, in my view, a political revolution, which says to the…

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The truth is we have a political system and an economic system controlled by a few extremely wealthy people. Not Barack Obama,…

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The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.

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