Money Quotes by Bernie Sanders

If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.

— Bernie Sanders

I don't represent large corporations and I don't want their money.

— Bernie Sanders

Washington is dominated by big money.

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Rich get richer. Everyone else gets poorer. And all these guys can talk about is war and defunding Planned Parenthood.

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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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You want to know the way to raise money? Put a transaction fee on Wall Street, so maybe we can curb some…

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We have to enforce the individual mandate. We're losing a lot of money that is not coming into the system.

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We should make a major financial commitment to improving our roads and bridges.

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We are rapidly moving toward a nation of the super-rich, by the super-rich and for the super-rich

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

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It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

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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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Here's what income and wealth inequality is about. Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers made more than 24 billion, enough…

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Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling…

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

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Corporations are not going to stash their money in the Cayman Islands. We are going to reinvest in America, create jobs, make…

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I believe the Democratic Party has got to be firmly on the side of working families, taking on the big money interests,…

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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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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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No. It is not acceptable that the 6 largest financial institutions in this country have assets of almost 10 trillion dollars, and…

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You cannot be a party which takes money from Wall Street, which is not strong on the pharmaceutical industry, which is ripping…

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

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This is a very important issue that the corporate media chooses not to talk about a whole lot, that we have an…

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Income and wealth inequality have reached obscene levels, the threat of climate change is more frightening than ever, and the billionaire class…

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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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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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The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in…

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Republicans talk a good game about veterans, but when it came to put money on the line to protect our veterans, frankly,…

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If we invest in jobs for our kids and do our best to keep them in school, we will end up saving…

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

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All I can say is if you check my record going back a long time, I have stood with those who are…

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“we are living in a time where a handful of people have wealth beyond comprehension.”

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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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I am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a Super PAC, who's not raising huge…

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Today, the top one-tenth of 1% owns nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%. The economic game is rigged, and this…

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We need the best educated workforce in the world. Hundreds of thousands of bright, young, qualified people who want to go to…

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To my mind, if we do not get a handle on money in politics and the degree to which big money controls…

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

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Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes…

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We all remember the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. What is less…

— Bernie Sanders