Bernie Sanders Quotes

"I think that many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street.  In truth that's not the case.  The real truth is that Wall Street regulates the Congress."

"Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break." 

"There is a lot of sentiment that enough is enough, that we need fundamental changes, that the establishment - whether it is the economic establishment, the political establishment, or the media establishment - is failing the American people."

"The billionaire class now owns the economy and they are working day and night to make certain that they own the United States government." 

"In my view, a corporation is not a person . . . Corporations should not be able to go into their treasuries and spend millions of dollars on a campaign in order to buy elections."

"If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist."

"We got a collapsing middle class.  We have more wealth and income inequality today than we've had since the 1920's . . .  And what big money can do is put an unbelievable amount of TV and radio ads out there to deflect attention from the real issues facing the American people."

"We have a government of, by, and for billionaires."  

"The millionaires of America are on the warpath.  They want more and more and more."

"If the goal of healthcare reform is to provide comprehensive, universal healthcare in a cost effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach."

"Why should taxpayers subsidize starvation wages?"   

"Teachers did not cause this recession.  Firefighters and police officers did not cause this recession . . .  This recession was caused by the greed, the reckless and illegal behavior of the people on Wall Street."

"We are moving towards an oligarchic form of society, where the billionaires will control the economy and the political life of this country."

"History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst of our country."

"We have a moral responsibility to make certain our kids and grandchildren can live on a habitable planet."   

"If we stand together, we will win."