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Bernie Sanders talks about keeping high ethical standards and judging leaders by their actions, not their names. He criticizes trade deals like NAFTA and Wall Street deregulation, saying they hurt ordinary people. He also points out that politics should be about many citizens working together, not just one president, and warns that prescription drugs cost too much.

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As president, I will fight to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lower interest rates on…

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I very strongly disagreed with President Clinton on the deregulation of Wall Street. I opposed that strenuously.

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As a United States senator, I've got to do everything that I can to make sure that Trump does not become president.

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We don't need a president like a Trump who doesn't actually, George, doesn't even believe in climate change, let alone wants to…

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I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States.

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I'm running for president, because as I go around this nation, I talk to a lot of people. And what I hear…

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It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that…

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I call upon Donald Trump to rescind the appointment that he made of Stephen Bannon. A president of the United States should…

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If elected president I will have a litmus test in terms of my nominee to be a Supreme Court justice. And the…

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In terms of the nature of the continuation of the Cold War, which has gone on so long between Cuba and the…

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If you want to talk about somebody who's actually been tough on Russia, look at President Trump. He wants more fracking, more…

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To my mind, what is most important now is the defeating of the worst candidate for president that I have seen in…

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We do not need to have a president who insults Mexicans and Latinos and Muslims and women and veterans and African-Americans, we…

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On many, many issues, Hillary Clinton's views are progressive. In many areas, they are awesome. Where they're not progressive, we've got to…

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I think Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president of the United States. Let's not forget, this guy was one of…

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I am running for president as a Democrat. And if elected, not only do I hope to bring forth a major change…

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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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During the 1999 debate over Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China President Bill Clinton said, 'In opening the economy of China, the…

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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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Politics is not about a person. We transform America not by electing some guy or woman to be president; we transform this…

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And the reason that I was one of the first, not one of the last to be in opposition to the TPP…

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Every candidate running for president has got to answer the following very simple question: At a time when we need to address…

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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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When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind…

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I would not ask anyone to vote for me based on my last name. I am certainly not campaigning to be president…

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

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During the debate over NAFTA President Clinton said, 'I believe that NAFTA will create a million jobs in the first five years…

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No president, not the smartest, best human being in the world can do it alone. You cannot take on this, the power…

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In 30 years of public service, I have had no scandals. I have high ethical standards. I am most proud of my…

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The cost of prescription drugs in this country is far, far higher than in any other country. You may recall that Donald…

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I supported Barack Obama originally. I supported him for reelection and the alternative of a Mitt Romney is very, very clear to…

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Obviously in the next few months we have got to do everything that we can to make sure that Donald Trump, who…

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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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If Trump is elected president... I just don't know what America looks like four years after his election, in terms of the…

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If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going…

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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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I'm not going to tell you I know George W. Bush intimately. I'm not going to tell you we're best friends. I'll…

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I have a lot of respect for President Obama. I consider him a friend. I disagree with him on issues like the…

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The focus, to my mind, is to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States. I think…

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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 this country-when…

As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic…

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What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1…

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…