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American people Quotes by Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders talks about the American people’s mixed opinions, from personal disagreements to national debates. He calls for legal changes like marriage equality and for saving essential services such as the Postal Service. He also points out Congress’s dysfunction and the need to address economic inequality.

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

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The American people in my view will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry.

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

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

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What I would say to the establishment is that there is far more discontent among the American people than they believe.

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This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often…

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I would love it if everybody in America agreed with me on every issue. I can't get my wife to agree with…

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“The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won't…

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The votes elected officials make should be based on the best interests of the American people, not the fear of retribution when…

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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 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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The Senate voted 59 to 39 in favor of an amendment I offered to the Budget Resolution calling on the Fed to…

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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 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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It's no great secret, number one, in my view, and I think the view of most Americans, that Congress itself is pretty…

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I believe what I call common sense gun reform. Plus, a revolution in mental health, making sure that if people are having…

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The American people must make a fundamental decision. Do we continue the 40-year decline of our middle class and the growing gap…

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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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I think we are making progress, but we have long way to go. People also have got to understand the agenda that…

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I would ask... of my supporters to get away from the personality conflicts that media tries to bring forward and focus on…

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The American people understand that it is grotesquely unfair - we are a society that prides itself on fairness, that prides itself…

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We're not going to give tax breaks to billionaires and then cut back on the needs of our elderly or poor or…

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I want to say something, and it may sound harsh, not to you, but to the American people. In a sense, in…

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

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It's not in the interest of the corporations who own the networks to actually be educating the American people so that are…

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I'm not quite sure,this is the issue that is on the minds of the American people right now, who basically want to…

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I do believe that in the future, not by dismantling what we have here - I helped write that bill - but…

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The American people are growing extremely unhappy with establishment politics, with establishment economics, and you know what else? Even with establishment media.

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The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor…

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The American people, whether you are Democrat, independent, Republican, progressive, conservative, do not believe corporations are people or that corporations should be…

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The good news is that the American people, not just the African-American community are saying enough is enough. You can't hold people…

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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…

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What I think people should realize is that programs like Social Security, programs like Medicare, programs like the Veterans Administration, programs like…

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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…

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Hillary Clinton and I have worked together on a higher education proposal which will guarantee free tuition in public colleges and universities…

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Approximately 82% of the American people believe labeling should take place with regard to genetically engineered ingredients. All over this country people…

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We've had a number of economists supporting our legislation. And here's where we are. The American people can judge. Six largest financial…

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