Campaigns Quotes by Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

If you looked at Jeb Bush's campaign, it's more than just money. It's the nature of the candidate and the message and…

— Bernie Sanders

Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

— Bernie Sanders

I am proud of the campaign that we ran. Obviously, I wish we could have done a little bit better.

— Bernie Sanders

What we need to do is to stand up to the big money interests, and the campaign contributors. When we do that,…

— Bernie Sanders

If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.

— Bernie Sanders

Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought.

— Bernie Sanders

I think we need to take on the greed of the billionaire class, a disastrous campaign finance system.

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

Sometimes the media says, well, this state had an election, it's the end of the campaign. It is not. We have dozens…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in…

— Bernie Sanders

I want to know in this day and age, whether it is possible for any candidate who is not a billionaire or…

— Bernie Sanders

After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

Most Republicans are not prepared to stand up to the fossil fuel industry because they get a lot of their campaign funds…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

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…

— Bernie Sanders

If you want to run for the United States Senate, you hire a consultant who will do polling for you, who will…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

Goldman Sachs was one of those companies whose illegal activity helped destroy our economy and ruin the lives of millions of Americans.…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

I am very proud of the campaign we ran and the supporters that came on board.

— Bernie Sanders

We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.

— Bernie Sanders

I want Trump to send out a tweet saying that he's going to keep his campaign promises. He's not going to cut…

— Bernie Sanders

What we are doing in this campaign [2016], it just blows my mind every day because I see it clearly, we're taking…

— Bernie Sanders

Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the…

— Bernie Sanders

This is what oligarchy looks like: Today, the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90…

— Bernie Sanders

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

— Bernie Sanders

There's issue of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests and Wall Street are trying to buy elections.Those are the…

— Bernie Sanders

The Republican I ran against, at the end of the campaign, had decided that I was "a friend of terrorists" and "a…

— Bernie Sanders

I am deeply concerned - about virtually everything that Trump is talking about and has talked about in his campaign and the…

— Bernie Sanders

I know media is not necessarily focused on these things. But what a campaign is about is not Hillary Clinton, it's not…

— Bernie Sanders

I have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and make it clear that the Congress and state legislatures do have…

— Bernie Sanders

Super PACs and a corrupt campaign finance system are destroying American democracy. We're proud that we have received four million individual contributions,…

— Bernie Sanders

We need a growing middle class, not one that has been disappearing for 40 years. We need a vibrant one person-one vote…

— Bernie Sanders

Let's talk about why, in the 1990s, Wall Street got deregulated. Did it have anything to do with the fact that Wall…

— Bernie Sanders