Bernie Sanders Quotes:- Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007 and as U.S. Representative for the state’s at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007.
Inspirational Bernie Sanders Quotes
“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.”-Bernie Sanders
“You know, I think 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 Congress.”-Bernie Sanders
“Good environmental policy is good economic policy.”-Bernie Sanders
“I think there are a lot of people who, when they hear the word ‘socialist,’ get very, very nervous.”-Bernie Sanders
“I don’t believe there’s a red state in America where people believe you should cut Medicare, Social Security, and veterans’ benefits rather than doing away with corporate tax loopholes.”-Bernie Sanders
“Do you want to know the way to raise money? Put a transaction fee on Wall Street, so maybe we can curb some of the speculations and raise some money.”-Bernie Sanders
“Finally, let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.”-Bernie Sanders
“What some of us believe is that it is possible that if chemicals are related to Gulf War illness that some of the more severe symptoms may not erupt until 10 or 20 years down the line.”-Bernie Sanders
Famous Bernie Sanders Quotes
“We still have people in the active duty, and if people are feeling ill, if they’re experiencing various symptoms and they’re still in the active duty, they’re less likely to come forward because that could result in their medical discharge.”-Bernie Sanders
“I think it makes people in the Pentagon kind of nervous to know that chemical agents and environmental factors could cause so much damage in terms of what may happen in the future.”-Bernie Sanders
“You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care, and decent-paying jobs.”-Bernie Sanders
“At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.”-Bernie Sanders
“We need an energy revolution by breaking our dependence on fossil fuels, polluting fuels… I am very, very confident our small state will lead this. We will be noticed by the country and the world.”-Bernie Sanders
“Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans – working families, children, the elderly, the poor – or will the extraordinary power of billionaire campaign contributors and Big Money prevail? The American people, by the millions, must send Congress the answer to that question.”-Bernie Sanders
“The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.”-Bernie Sanders
“If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.”-Bernie Sanders
Greatest Bernie Sanders Quotes
“The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.”-Bernie Sanders
“After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.”-Bernie Sanders
“The Federal Reserve has a responsibility to ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions and to contain systemic risks in financial markets.”-Bernie Sanders
“If you look at the newspapers here – the Washington papers – most of the discussion deals with campaign gossip.”-Bernie Sanders
“Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That’s fine. But what do you do?”-Bernie Sanders
“There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.”-Bernie Sanders
“Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.”-Bernie Sanders
Best Bernie Sanders Quotes
“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
“Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break.”-Bernie Sanders
“Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.”-Bernie Sanders
“CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.”-Bernie Sanders
“The bottom line is that when Senator Inhofe says, ‘Global warming is a hoax,’ he is just dead wrong, according to the vast majority of climate scientists.”-Bernie Sanders
“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
“I come from a rural state. People drive 50, 100 miles to and from work every single day. That is true all over America.”-Bernie Sanders
“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.”-Bernie Sanders
“I’m not a Democrat, I’m an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats.”-Bernie Sanders
Top Bernie Sanders Quotes
“I don’t consider myself a pariah.”-Bernie Sanders
“If the goal of health-care reform is to provide comprehensive, universal health care in a cost-effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach.”-Bernie Sanders
“I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private-sector jobs during his tenure.”-Bernie Sanders
“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
“It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies.”-Bernie Sanders
“The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.”-Bernie Sanders
“What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.”-Bernie Sanders
“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.”-Bernie Sanders
“Let’s be honest, dental care in America is extremely expensive, period.”-Bernie Sanders
“The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.”-Bernie Sanders
“People don’t trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.”-Bernie Sanders
“If you ask me about my views on the environment, on women’s rights, on gay rights, I am liberal. I don’t have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends are liberal.”-Bernie Sanders
“There must be a major economic recovery package that puts Americans to work at decent wages.”-Bernie Sanders
