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If you don't believe this election is important, if you think you can sit it out, take a moment to think about the Supreme Court justices that Donald Trump would nominate and what that would mean to civil liberties, equal rights, and the future of our country.
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'So in everything, do to others what you would have them to do to you, for this sums up the war and the prophets.' That is the golden rule. Do unto others, what you would have them do to you. That is the golden rule, and it is not very complicated.
Bernie Sanders
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I fear very much that, in fact, government of the people, by the people and for the people is beginning to perish in America.
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CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.
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Two-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating.
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The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.
Bernie Sanders -
You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.
Bernie Sanders -
We need leadership in this country, which will improve the lives of working families, the children, the elderly, the sick and the poor. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger.
Bernie Sanders
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Washington is dominated by big money.
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It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.
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I think the overwhelming majority of the American people know that we have got to stand together, that we're going to grow together, that we're going to survive together, and that if we start splintering, we're not going to succeed in a highly competitive international economy.
Bernie Sanders -
I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats.
Bernie Sanders -
I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.
Bernie Sanders -
I certainly did not know what the word 'socialism' meant growing up, because I was brought up in a very nonpolitical family. My brother was somewhat active, but my parents were not.
Bernie Sanders
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I'm not always a smiley kind of guy.
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The Koch brothers, through the expenditure of billions of dollars and the creation and support of dozens of extreme right organizations, have taken fringe extremist ideas and made them mainstream within the Republican Party.
Bernie Sanders -
Comcast rents modems directly to consumers, thereby competing directly with companies like Zoom. It has every reason to make Zoom modems more expensive or even to drive companies like Zoom out of business.
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In terms of job creation, every billion dollars invested in the physical infrastructure creates 47,000 new jobs.
Bernie Sanders -
Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on Wall Street, encourage the financial sector to invest in the productive economy and reduce the deficit by more than $350 billion over 10 years.
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While I may not agree with all of President Obama's energy policies, I strongly supported his successful effort to double fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
Bernie Sanders
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Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with new ideas, and that's a good thing.
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It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.
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As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.
Bernie Sanders -
There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.
Bernie Sanders