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“What it means is that we are all sick and tired of seeing unarmed people shot by police officers, That young people in African-American communities are harassed by police officers, where police departments are not there to be supportive but are in many cases oppressive, and that’s an issue that has to be addressed.”
— Bernie Sanders, Two Guys From Brooklyn: The Bernie Sanders Interview by Spike Lee
Tagged: Police, Black Lives Matter, black lives, Community, african-american, Movement, Election, Progress, Oppression, issues, Society
“In exchange for allowing United Technologies to continue to offshore more than 1,000 jobs, Trump will reportedly give the company tax and regulatory favors that the corporation has sought. Just a short few months ago, Trump was pledging to force United Technologies to ‘pay a damn tax.’ He was insisting on very steep tariffs for companies like Carrier that left the United States and wanted to sell their foreign-made products back in the United States.

Instead of a damn tax, the company will be rewarded with a damn tax cut. Wow! How’s that for standing up to corporate greed? How’s that for punishing corporations that shut down in the United States and move abroad?”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders — Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump
Tagged: Trump Administration, Carrier, Job, The Economy, Bernie Sanders
“Today, about 1,000 Carrier workers and their families should be rejoicing. But the rest of our nation’s workers should be very nervous.

President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly announce a deal with United Technologies, the corporation that owns Carrier, that keeps less than 1,000 of the 2100 jobs in America that were previously scheduled to be transferred to Mexico. Let’s be clear: It is not good enough to save some of these jobs. Trump made a promise that he would save all of these jobs, and we cannot rest until an ironclad contract is signed to ensure that all of these workers are able to continue working in Indiana without having their pay or benefits slashed.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders — Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump
Tagged: Trump Administration, Carrier, Job, The Economy, Bernie Sanders
“We are simultaneously trying to build an unprecedented grassroots movement of millions of working people, black and white and Latino, Native American and Asian American around an agenda that works for all of us and not just the 1%.”
— Bernie Sanders, Deconstructed Podcast: The Bernie Sanders Interview
Tagged: Election 2000, the 1%, Grassroots, Identtity Politics, Latino, native american
“If there was ever a moment when we needed to stand up and fight against the forces of oligarchy and authoritarianism, this is that time.”
— Bernie Sanders, Read: Bernie Sanders defines his vision for democratic socialism in the United States
Tagged: oligarchy, Authoritarianism
“After decades of policies that have encouraged and subsidized unbridled corporate greed, we now have an economy that is fundamentally broken and grotesquely unfair.”
— Bernie Sanders, Read: Bernie Sanders defines his vision for democratic socialism in the United States
Tagged: Corporate Greed, unfairness
“If you're doing everything right, but find it harder and harder to get by — you're not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%”
— Bernie Sanders, Works For Us (TV Ad)
“In a world of so much violence and killing, I just don’t believe that government itself should be part of the killing”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders On Death Penalty: Government Shouldn't Be 'Part Of The Killing'
Tagged: Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Politics, Inspirational, Crime, Perspective, humanity, Violence
“Let’s be clear. The global economy is not working for the majority of people in our country and the world. This is an economic model developed by the economic elite to benefit the economic elite. We need real change.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Jobs, Trade, Economics
“A great nation is judged not by how many millionaires it has, not by how many nuclear weapons it has, but how it treats the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us.”
— Bernie Sanders, 2016 Democratic Debate In Milwaukee
Tagged: Politics, Wealth, Perspective, War, Greatness, Socialism
“It's incredibly painful to see neo-Nazis marching in the US, but even more painful that our president hasn’t forthrightly condemned them.”
— Bernie Sanders
Tagged: Trump, Charlotteville
“Look, at the end of the day, we have to make a fundamental decision in this country. Number one, is healthcare a human right, or is it not? If it is a human right, then we guarantee healthcare to every man, woman and child, regardless of income.”
— Bernie Sanders, Exclusive Interview: Bernie Sanders Discusses the Debate, Joe Biden, and Corporate America
Tagged: Healthcare, Universal Healthcare, human rights
“Trump is a pathological liar and a very dangerous person.”
— Bernie Sanders, Deconstructed Podcast: The Bernie Sanders Interview
Tagged: Donald Duck, dangerous, Hyperbole
“We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. And it’s not just the racism and the pathological lying and the sexism and the homophobia of Donald Trump. It goes beyond that. And I’m the only candidate I think who talks about this consistently.”
— Bernie Sanders, Exclusive Interview: Bernie Sanders Discusses the Debate, Joe Biden, and Corporate America
Tagged: Donald Trump, racism, Pathological Liar, Homophobia, Sexism
“To the degree that Donald Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him.

To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders officially responds to election of Donald J. Trump
Tagged: Election 2016, Bernie Sanders, Donald J. Trump, Politics, Trump Administration
“In the year 2019 the United States and the rest of the world face two very different political paths. On one hand, there is a growing movement towards oligarchy and authoritarianism in which a small number of incredibly wealthy and powerful billionaires own and control a significant part of the economy and exert enormous influence over the political life of our country.”
— Bernie Sanders, Read: Bernie Sanders defines his vision for democratic socialism in the United States
Tagged: oligarchy, Authoritarianism, Billionaires
“These leaders meld corporatist economics with xenophobia and authoritarianism. They redirect popular anger about inequality and declining economic conditions into violent rage against minorities — whether they are immigrants, racial minorities, religious minorities or the LGBT community. And to suppress dissent, they are cracking down on democracy and human rights.”
— Bernie Sanders, Read: Bernie Sanders defines his vision for democratic socialism in the United States
Tagged: Corporate Greed, Xenophobia, LGBT, authoritah
“I want you all to take a look around and find someone you don’t know. Maybe somebody doesn’t look kinda like you, maybe somebody might be of a different religion than you, maybe they come from a different country. My question now to you is are you willing to fight for that person who you don’t even know as much as you’re willing to fight for yourself?”
— Bernie Sanders, Deconstructed Podcast: The Bernie Sanders Interview
Tagged: difference, Tolerance, Multiculturalism
“Look, there are so many terribly important issues that this country faces, whether it’s healthcare, education, criminal justice, immigration, whatever it may be, but I don’t know how you not talk about whether or not the planet we’re leaving to our kids and our grandchildren will be a healthy and habitable planet. I don’t know how you not talk about that.”
— Bernie Sanders, Deconstructed Podcast: The Bernie Sanders Interview
Tagged: Healthcare, Education, Climate Change, criminal justice, Immigration
“You don’t stand with the working class when you try to throw 32 million people off of health insurance. You don’t stand with the working class of this country when 83% of the tax benefits that you push for, that you succeeded in getting, go to the top 1% at the end of 10 years. You’re not standing with the working class.”
— Bernie Sanders, Exclusive Interview: Bernie Sanders Discusses the Debate, Joe Biden, and Corporate America
Tagged: Donald Trump, Pathological Liar, Working Class, broken promise
“ A market economy is beneficial for productivity and economic freedom. But if we let the quest for profits dominate society; if workers become disposable cogs of the financial system; if vast inequalities of power and wealth lead to marginalization of the poor and the powerless; then the common good is squandered and the market economy fails us.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders' 2016 Speech At The Vatican
Tagged: Income Inequality, Justice, Market Economy, The Vatican, Pope Francis
“President-elect Trump is right: The American people want change. But what kind of change will he be offering them? Will he have the courage to stand up to the most powerful people in this country who are responsible for the economic pain that so many working families feel, or will he turn the anger of the majority against minorities, immigrants, the poor and the helpless?”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders: Where the Democrats Go From Here
Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Trump, Election, Future
“Today, we are all rightly repulsed by the sight of neo-Nazis and Klansmen openly marching in Charlottesville, VA, and we are horrified by houses of worship being shot up by right-wing terrorists. But on February 20, 1939, over 20,000 Nazis held a mass rally—not in Berlin, not in Rome, but in Madison Square Garden, in front of a 30-foot-tall banner of George Washington—bordered with swastikas—in New York City.”
— Bernie Sanders, Read: Bernie Sanders defines his vision for democratic socialism in the United States
Tagged: Charlottesville, neo-Nazis, Klansmen, Berlin, Rome, Madison Square Garden, Fascism
“Trump posed as a champion of working families—somebody who is going to take on the establishment. And it's beyond belief that he could do that. This is a guy who's a billionaire who doesn't pay anything in federal income taxes, who outsources his jobs for his companies to Bangladesh, China, Mexico, and Turkey, and who has been sued time and time again by workers for not keeping up his end in contracts. But nonetheless a lot of working people voted for him.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump: "I would not say that there's any silver lining in Trump's victory."
Tagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Economy, Bernie Sanders
“I have supported U.S. airstrikes against ISIS and believe they are authorized under current law, and I support targeted U.S. military efforts to protect U.S. citizens. It is my firm belief, however, that the war against ISIS will never be won unless nations in the Middle East step up their military efforts and take more responsibility for the security and stability of their region. The United States and other western powers should support our Middle East allies, but this war will never be won unless Muslim nations in the region lead that fight. It is worth remembering that Saudi Arabia, for example, is a nation controlled by one of the wealthiest families in the world and has the fourth largest military budget of any nation. This is a war for the soul of Islam and the Muslim nations must become more heavily engaged”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders on ISIS
Tagged: ISIS, Bernie Sanders on ISIS, Middle East, Saudi Arabia
“Clearly there is no working with a president who believes in, or will bring forth, programs or policies based on bigotry, whether it is racism, sexism, homophobia, or xenophobia, and there can be no compromise on that. There can be no compromise on the issue of climate change, which is a threat to the entire planet.

But if Trump is prepared to work with me and others on rebuilding our infrastructure and creating millions of jobs, on raising the minimum wage, on passing Glass-Steagall, on changing our trade policies—yes, I think it would be counterproductive on issues that working-class Americans supported and depend upon if we did not go forward.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump: "I would not say that there's any silver lining in Trump's victory."
Tagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Economy, Bernie Sanders
“You can’t run a campaign—you can’t run a party—based on the facts that some of your supporters will vote against Republicans because of a, b, and c reasons: racism, sexism, homophobia. You need to stand for something! It’s not good enough to say, ‘Well, I’m not a racist, I’m not a sexist, I’m not a xenophobe, I’m not a homophobe, you gotta vote for me.’ You need more than that! So it’s not like they’re just voting against somebody, they’re voting for somebody.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump: "I would not say that there's any silver lining in Trump's victory."
Tagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Economy, Bernie Sanders
“What I do know, and what studies have shown, is that the amount of coverage, say, on television news given to climate change, given to the decline of the middle class, given to health care, given to unemployment, given to poverty is minimal, minimal, a fraction, a fraction, compared to the amount that talks about political gossip, who's going to run in 2020, 2090, 2400—all kinds of personality things. Campaigns should not be about candidates; they should be about the needs of the people.”
— Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump: "I would not say that there's any silver lining in Trump's victory."
Tagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Economy, Bernie Sanders
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