--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Bernie [Sanders], the team player, he…" description: "\"Bernie [Sanders], the team player, he made it known from the very start that he would be supporting the Democratic nominee, presumably Hillary Clinton,..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/jill-stein-660_campaigns_bernie-sanders-the-team-player-he-made-i_1216727.jpg" --- # Bernie \[Sanders\], the team player, he made it known from… ![“Bernie [Sanders], the team player, he made it known from the very start that he would be supporting the Democratic nominee, presumably Hillary Clinton, and what we learned in the course of Bernie's campaign is that you cannot have a revolutionary campaign in a counter-revolutionary party.” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/jill-stein-660_campaigns_bernie-sanders-the-team-player-he-made-i_1216727.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/jill-stein-660_campaigns_bernie-sanders-the-team-player-he-made-i_1216727.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/jill-stein-660_campaigns_bernie-sanders-the-team-player-he-made-i_1216727.jpg) > “Bernie \[Sanders\], the team player, he made it known from the very start that he would be supporting the Democratic nominee, presumably Hillary Clinton, and what we learned in the course of Bernie's campaign is that you cannot have a revolutionary campaign in a counter-revolutionary party.” [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Bernie Sanders supported the Democratic nominee, showing that revolutionary ideas struggle within an established, opposing party. **In simple terms:** Revolutionary goals clash with established parties. Key Takeaway Recognize party constraints on change. Themes politics revolution party dynamics strategy Mood analytical critical Type political strategic When to use this quote - campaign planning - policy advocacy - grassroots organizing Key Concepts political science social movements Questions to Reflect On - Can change happen from within? - What alternatives exist? 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Bernie, your campaign inspired millions of Americans, particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/and-i-want-to-thank-bernie-sanders-bernie-your-campaign-inspired/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [Those of us who actually were working in the region at the time will point out how strongly committed we were to supporting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-negroponte/those-of-us-who-actually-were-working-in-the-region-at-the-time-will/) [John Negroponte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-negroponte/) > [We make America safer when we invest in supporting democratic partners and combat corruption abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-kim/we-make-america-safer-when-we-invest-in-supporting-democratic/) [Andy Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-kim/) > [What the Bernie campaign showed us was that you could out-raise a well-funded opponent with grassroots donations, and you could out-voter-contact them, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saikat-chakrabarti/what-the-bernie-campaign-showed-us-was-that-you-could-out-raise-a/) [Saikat Chakrabarti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saikat-chakrabarti/) > [If Bernie Sanders were liberated from the Democratic Party, it might be a whole new ballgame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/if-bernie-sanders-were-liberated-from-the-democratic-party-it-might/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ They knocked out Bernie \[Sanders\] as they would have knocked him out, like \[Barack\] Obama if he came into office. So I don't think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/they-knocked-out-bernie-sanders-as-they-would-have-knocked-him-out/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [On the other hand, there was hard evidence of real tampering in the election, and that was the email, you know, that were revealed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/on-the-other-hand-there-was-hard-evidence-of-real-tampering-in-the/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ I feel so bad for him \[Bernie Sanders\]. It's really unfortunate that he's been caught in the crossfire here. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/i-feel-so-bad-for-him-bernie-sanders-it-s-really-unfortunate-that-he/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [With an abusive political relationship, with a political party that's throwing you under the bus, sister, I'm sorry to say but you don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/with-an-abusive-political-relationship-with-a-political-party-that-s/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ My support is particularly Bernie Sanders supporters but that's drawn many \[Donald\] Trump supporters to start with. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/my-support-is-particularly-bernie-sanders-supporters-but-that-s-drawn/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [Bernie Sanders had public support behind him that outstripped... in head-to-head polling, Bernie Sanders was ahead of all the other competition. This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/bernie-sanders-had-public-support-behind-him-that-outstripped-in-head/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [We can actually speak, much like Bernie Sanders did, for an agenda that the American people are actually clamoring for. In an election which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/we-can-actually-speak-much-like-bernie-sanders-did-for-an-agenda-that/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ Remember, Bernie \[Sanders\] was the guy. He was the one guy that could win this, and head-to-head he could go against \[Donald\] Trump and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/remember-bernie-sanders-was-the-guy-he-was-the-one-guy-that-could-win/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) ## More by Jill Stein > [If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/if-my-campaign-is-not-in-the-debate-we-will-not-be-talking-about-how/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [I was very engaged by the folk music movement.Bob Dylan; Joan Baez; Peter, Paul and Mary. And then I sort of discovered world music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/i-was-very-engaged-by-the-folk-music-movement-bob-dylan-joan-baez/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [According to a recent Harvard study, $6 trillion, when you include the ongoing healthcare expenses for our wounded soldiers, which is the least they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/according-to-a-recent-harvard-study-6-trillion-when-you-include-the/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [I wouldn't say it's a done deal yet, by any means. I think there are a lot of people who feel like their lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/i-wouldn-t-say-it-s-a-done-deal-yet-by-any-means-i-think-there-are-a/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [To my mind, to say that says to young people "and you probably are not going to get out of debt, and you probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/to-my-mind-to-say-that-says-to-young-people-and-you-probably-are-not/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [For ISIS, the answer is to cut off their food, their water, their armaments, you know, and their funding. I don't mean literally their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/for-isis-the-answer-is-to-cut-off-their-food-their-water-their/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ They \[Democrats\] are not just going up, they are accelerating on their way up. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/they-democrats-are-not-just-going-up-they-are-accelerating-on-their/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [I don't want to revisit history or try to re-interpret it, you know, but starting from where we are now, given the experience that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/i-don-t-want-to-revisit-history-or-try-to-re-interpret-it-you-know/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [I am not an expert on the Clinton Foundation, so, you know, I don't want to pass judgment on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/i-am-not-an-expert-on-the-clinton-foundation-so-you-know-i-don-t-want/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ He \[Donald Trump\] is like - he's a magnet for crime and extortion and, you know, just really criminal investments which are extremely dangerous. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/he-donald-trump-is-like-he-s-a-magnet-for-crime-and-extortion-and-you/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ By needlessly provoking him \[Vladimir Putin\] and humiliating him, we empower far worse possibilities in Russia. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/by-needlessly-provoking-him-vladimir-putin-and-humiliating-him-we/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [We will not really address our foreign policy and these endless wars that show no end in sight and seem to be getting deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/we-will-not-really-address-our-foreign-policy-and-these-endless-wars/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [ Remember, Bernie \[Sanders\] was the guy. He was the one guy that could win this, and head-to-head he could go against \[Donald\] Trump and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/remember-bernie-sanders-was-the-guy-he-was-the-one-guy-that-could-win/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [Democracy needs to start with an open Presidential debate. So come on out and let's take back the promise of our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/democracy-needs-to-start-with-an-open-presidential-debate-so-come-on/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the most disliked and untrusted candidates for president in American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/hillary-clinton-and-donald-trump-are-the-most-disliked-and-untrusted/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) [Explore all 423 Jill Stein quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) ## More Bernie sanders quotes > [Have you seen Bernie Sanders rallies? I haven't seen that many white voters since the Oscars. You know - oh, we have some Hollywood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/have-you-seen-bernie-sanders-rallies-i-haven-t-seen-that-many-white/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [ Look at what I am proposing, and we \[wih Bernie Sanders\] have a vigorous agreement here. We both want to reign in the excesses… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/look-at-what-i-am-proposing-and-we-wih-bernie-sanders-have-a-vigorous/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/it-s-almost-hard-to-imagine-anything-more-undemocratic-than-the-view/) [Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/) > [A clothing company is making T-shirts inspired by Bernie Sanders with messages like 'Feel the Bern.' They were gonna make them for Lincoln Chafee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-fallon/a-clothing-company-is-making-t-shirts-inspired-by-bernie-sanders-with/) [Jimmy Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-fallon/) > [ The debate was a chance for senator \[Bernie\] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-harris-perry/the-debate-was-a-chance-for-senator-bernie-sanders-to-have-a-game/) [Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-harris-perry/) > [ Remember, Bernie \[Sanders\] was the guy. He was the one guy that could win this, and head-to-head he could go against \[Donald\] Trump and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/remember-bernie-sanders-was-the-guy-he-was-the-one-guy-that-could-win/) [Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/) > [I think that on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality and poverty alleviation, and those issues are so important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-kennedy/i-think-that-on-the-democratic-side-bernie-sanders-talks-about-income/) [Kerry Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-kennedy/) > [I'm going to tell my contestants: Be Bernie Sanders. Be the person people want and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miley-cyrus/i-m-going-to-tell-my-contestants-be-bernie-sanders-be-the-person/) [Miley Cyrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miley-cyrus/) > [51 years ago, when Hillary Clinton was working on the Goldwater campaign, Bernie Sanders was getting locked up for my rights. 50 years later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/51-years-ago-when-hillary-clinton-was-working-on-the-goldwater/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [I understand what's going on in people's minds, and I think the political leaders better be asking themselves 'why is it, that Donald Trump,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-lott/i-understand-what-s-going-on-in-people-s-minds-and-i-think-the/) [Trent Lott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-lott/) > [Bernie Sanders is the only politician who, consistently for 50 years, has taken that social justice platform into politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/killer-mike/bernie-sanders-is-the-only-politician-who-consistently-for-50-years/) [Killer Mike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/killer-mike/) > [I noted, though, that other strong critics of Donald Trump did attend the inauguration. Hillary Clinton went. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders went. 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