Bernie Sanders Quotes
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The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.
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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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Former Senator Al D'Amato in 1991 offered an amendment to cap credit card interest rates at 14 percent.
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For too long, unfunded federal mandates have drained the budgets of states and communities. The strength and vitality of our communities must be restored.
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Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together.
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It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it.
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When we talk about the healthcare crisis in America we've got to also be talking about the dental crisis and how to address it.
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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.
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I see a future where states compete with one another to see which can be the most efficient, and where businesses seek out efficient states in which to locate so they can reap the economic and environmental benefits for their businesses and employees.
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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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Fossil fuel corporations are supposed to pay the government fair market royalties in exchange for the right to drill on public lands or in federal waters.
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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.
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Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.
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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.
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I am not aware how you succeed politically when you insult women, who far more than men consistently provide you with great margins of support.
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In 1996, Republicans used reconciliation to pass major legislation that ended six decades of welfare policy.
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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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As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way.
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Washington is dominated by big money.
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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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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.
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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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Yes, we become stronger when men and women, young and old, gay and straight, native-born and immigrant fight together to create the kind of country we all know we can become.
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The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.