Wall street Quotes by Bernie Sanders

If you take donations from Wall Street, you can't be independent.

— Bernie Sanders

When we talk about power, we talk about Wall Street.

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Wall Street has enormous power over the Republican Party, enormous power over the Democratic Party.

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Congress doesn't regulate Wall Street. Wall Street regulates Congress.

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It is time we had democratic socialism for working families, not just Wall Street billionaires.

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Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That's fine. But what do you do?

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I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of…

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The CEO of large multi-nationals like Hillary [Clinton]. They won't going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me…

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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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The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in…

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The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just…

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Your story is for - voting for every disastrous trade agreement, and voting for corporate America. Did I vote against the Wall…

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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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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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I do believe that we should substantially lower student debt in this country, which is crushing millions of people. We pay for…

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Kid gets caught with marijuana, that kid has a police record. A Wall Street executive destroys the economy, $5 billion settlement with…

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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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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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We're going to stand with working people. We're going to take on the billionaire class. We're going the take on the drug…

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There are many major crises facing our country. At the top of the list is the need to overturn Citizens United. If…

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Wall Street is perhaps the most powerful economic and political force in this country. You have companies like Goldman Sachs, who just…

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

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What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to say to these same billionaires and the corporations they control: 'You own…

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For Democrats to win, they're going to have to address the needs of working people. They're going to have to address the…

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I have supported candidates whose views are very different than mine on the need the break up Wall Street banks, on the…

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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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Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.

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

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You know, I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street. In truth that's not the case. The…

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Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and…

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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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I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks…

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

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

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Why, over her political career has Wall Street been a major - the major campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton? You know, maybe…

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

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Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation…

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Will I criticize Hillary Clinton on her position of TPP, or the lack of position? Will I criticize her on her views…

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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…

— Bernie Sanders