Bernie Sanders Quotes
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Hillary Clinton is listening to the scientists who tell us that - unless we act boldly and transform our energy system in the very near future - there will be more drought, more floods, more acidification of the oceans, more rising sea levels.
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What the Ten Million Solar Roofs Act does is provide consumer rebates for the purchase and installation of solar systems.
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I have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and make it clear that the Congress and state legislatures do have the ability and the power to regulate and get corporate funding out of political campaigns.
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In Vermont, Governor Madeleine Kunin has given years of service to our state after becoming the state's first female governor in 1985. She is an inspiration to girls throughout Vermont and the country in allowing them to know that the opportunities they have are unlimited.
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I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure.
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Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits.
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There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, public education or the Postal Service.
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Bill Clinton is a moderate Democrat. I'm a democratic socialist.
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America's first black president cannot and will not be succeeded by a hatemonger who refuses to condemn the KKK.
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What some of us believe is that it is possible that if chemicals are related to Gulf War illness that some of the more severe symptoms may not erupt until 10 or 20 years down the line.
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At a time when the Post Office is losing substantial revenue from the instantaneous flow of information by email and on the Internet, slowing mail service is a recipe for disaster.
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If there is a silver lining in the action of MSNBC against Keith Olbermann, it is that people will now pay more attention to the political role of corporate media in America.
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Citizens in a democracy need diverse sources of news and information.
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The next time you hear me attacked as a socialist - like tomorrow - remember this: I don't believe that government should take over the grocery store down the street or control the means of production. But I believe that the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth of America deserve a fair deal.
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Late Night with Seth Meyers (2 June 2015)
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Today in America, the middle class is disappearing.
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One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.
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In cold weather states like Vermont, where the weather can get to 20 below zero, home heating assistance is critically important. In fact, it is a life and death issue.
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When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease.
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At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
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Donald Trump is a pathological liar.
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People can argue about the pluses and minuses of marijuana, but everyone knows it’s not a killer drug like heroin.
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In the last thirty years, there has been a massive redistribution of wealth. Unfortunately, it's gone in the wrong direction. ... All that money that has gone from the middle class to the top 1%, I think it should start coming back to the people who need it the most.
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If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.