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At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.
Bernie Sanders
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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.
Bernie Sanders
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If you look at the newspapers here - the Washington papers - most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.
Bernie Sanders
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Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States.
Bernie Sanders
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I've got to tell you, 25 years ago, I believe that in this country, we should not be selling automatic weapons which are designed to kill people. We have got to do everything that we can on top of that to make sure that guns do not fall into the hands of people who should not have them, criminals, people who are mentally ill. So that struggles continues.
Bernie Sanders
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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.
Bernie Sanders
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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.
Bernie Sanders
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Bill Clinton is a moderate Democrat. I'm a democratic socialist.
Bernie Sanders
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History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.
Bernie Sanders
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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.
Bernie Sanders
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Donald Trump is a pathological liar.
Bernie Sanders
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For better or worse, when Sen. Inhofe speaks, the Republican Party follows. And when the Republican Party follows, it is impossible to get real work done in the Congress.
Bernie Sanders
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You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.
Bernie Sanders
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Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.
Bernie Sanders
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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.
Bernie Sanders
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Yes, I do believe that now after the American people bailed Wall Street out, yes, they should pay a Wall Street speculation tax so that we can make public colleges and universities tuition-free.
Bernie Sanders
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I would ask... of my supporters to get away from the personality conflicts that media tries to bring forward and focus on the real issues impacting the American people. And when you do that, I think the choice is pretty clear and that is that Hillary Clinton is far and away the superior candidate.
Bernie Sanders
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What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, they still are destroying people's lives.
Bernie Sanders
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Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United!
Bernie Sanders
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The Senate voted 59 to 39 in favor of an amendment I offered to the Budget Resolution calling on the Fed to tell the American people who they loaned $2.2 trillion to and how much each bank received.
Bernie Sanders
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Enough is enough! ... How many homes can you own?
Bernie Sanders
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Citizens in a democracy need diverse sources of news and information.
Bernie Sanders
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The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.
Bernie Sanders
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To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in the country.
Bernie Sanders
