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Thinking Quotes by Bernie Sanders

107 Thinking quotes by Bernie Sanders

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A fight for a single payer health system can dominate a conversation, even if some see it as the only battle worth fighting. The speaker stresses that wealth and income gaps are moral problems that need standing with working people. He also notes that Congress often fails to address these issues.

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I think that the media spends far too much time [on personalities].

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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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I think the issue of income and wealth inequality is in fact a moral issue.

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I think we should support entrepreneurialship.

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

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I don't think everybody in Vermont loves me.

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I think the Democratic Party has got to make fundamental choices.

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I don't go around every other day calling for governors to resign. I don't think I ever have.

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You have a right to protest. But I don't quite understand why anybody thinks it's a good idea to deny somebody else…

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

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I think the media and the candidates have got to talk about why the middle class is in decline and why we…

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Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.

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I congratulate Secretary [Hillary] Clinton on her victory. But, I think, for us, that is about as bad as it's going to…

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Please don't suggest that I think we normalize relations with Tehran tomorrow. We don't. But I would like to see us move…

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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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I worry very much about kids growing up in a society where they think: "I'm not going to talk about this issue,…

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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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I actually think the only way that you can beat Trump is recognizing that he is a one- man wrecking machine fueled…

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In terms of Iran and in terms of Saudi Arabia, of course they hate each other. That's no great secret. But John…

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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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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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Our goal there, in my view, is to work and lean strongly on China to put as much pressure. China is one…

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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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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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How about something more interesting? How about you come forward and say, [Donald] Trump supporters, I absolutely know what you think about…

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People are hungry, and they're hurting and they're very, very worried about their children. Will their kids ever pay off their student…

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If people envisage me in the Senate they might think of me as someone who would emulate Paul Wellstone, fighting for the…

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For some reason, we can't go to Cuba, businesses in American can't do business in Cuba. I think that that is stupid.…

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I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising…

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I think people cast their votes for a number of reasons. I think if you look at your polls, you'll probably find…

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

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I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their…

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I think, with Trump, the major point is this guy has business enterprises all over the world. And you're looking just at…

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Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics…

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I think the wealthiest people in America are doing phenomenally well, 52 percent of all new income generated today goes to the…

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I think that extreme right wing views are not what the American people are looking for right now. They want to see…

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I think Donald Trump understood that there are many millions of people in America, the working middle class, who are really hurting.…

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I think you have an enormous amount of fear and uncertainty in this country. And it's not just from San Bernardino or…

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In 1999, Hoffmann-LaRoche paid a $500 million criminal fine for leading a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices for certain vitamins.

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.

Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their health care exchange.

If you want to know if your food contains gluten, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, trans-fats or MSG, you simply read the ingredients listed…

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…