Top 300 Bernie Sanders Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “It is beyond my comprehension why today in America, hundreds of thousands of bright young people are unable to go to college – for one reason: that their family lacks the funding. And together we are going to change that.”

— Bernie Sanders

102. “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

103. “My mission is to raise incomes for hard working middle class families. If you work hard and do your part you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.”

— Bernie Sanders

104. “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

105. “These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.”

— Bernie Sanders

106. “Debating, doubting, or rejecting the basic scientific facts about climate change in the face of the overwhelming evidence and overwhelming scientific opinion will not change those facts.”

— Bernie Sanders

107. “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

108. “What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can’t take care of the elderly and the children.”

— Bernie Sanders

109. “Clearly North Korea is a very strange situation because it is such an isolated country run by a handful of dictators, or maybe just one, who seems to be somewhat paranoid. And, who had nuclear weapons.”

— Bernie Sanders

110. “In and out of government, I’ve always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution.”

— Bernie Sanders

111. “Corporations are not going to stash their money in the Cayman Islands. We are going to reinvest in America, create jobs, make education available to all.”

— Bernie Sanders

112. “We have to say to the billionaire class, enough is enough. You cannot have it all. You are going to pay more in taxes.”

— Bernie Sanders

113. “I am a fierce supporter of Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and gay rights in this country.”

— Bernie Sanders

114. “People don’t trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.”

— Bernie Sanders

115. “I did a lot of reading. I read about democratic socialism. And I read about the efforts of people for such a long time trying to create a society in which all people can live with dignity. And that’s kind of what I believe.”

— Bernie Sanders

116. “What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1 percent of our population who are Muslims, for undocumented people in this country. Absolutely, we will stand.”

— Bernie Sanders

117. “I’m not a Democrat, I’m an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats.”

— Bernie Sanders

118. “You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.”

— Bernie Sanders

119. “People understand that the economy is rigged. They’re working longer hours for low wages. All new income and wealth, almost all, is going to the people on top.”

— Bernie Sanders

120. “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

121. “I don’t consider myself a pariah.”

— Bernie Sanders

122. “Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.”

— Bernie Sanders

123. “You asked Marco Rubio if it was too little too late. I think there’s a little bit of too much too late, which is, he is just getting down in the muck with Donald Trump. And when you get down in the muck, you get up with muck on you.”

— Bernie Sanders

124. “In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering.”

— Bernie Sanders

125. “The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.”

— Bernie Sanders

126. “Social security is the most successful government program in our nation’s history. We are not going to cut social security! We are going to expand social security!”

— Bernie Sanders

127. “We must fight to carry out his radical and bold vision for America.”

— Bernie Sanders

128. “As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism.”

— Bernie Sanders

129. “Families are struggling to put bread on the table, send their kids to college and take care of their basic needs. America needs a political revolution.”

— Bernie Sanders

130. “I fear very much for our kids, for low income people and for seniors.”

— Bernie Sanders

131. “I am proud of the campaign that we ran. Obviously, I wish we could have done a little bit better.”

— Bernie Sanders

132. “We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment.”

— Bernie Sanders

133. “When we talk about power, we talk about Wall Street.”

— Bernie Sanders

134. “It would, I think, be hard for anyone to make the case that the United States is a just society or anything close to a just society. In America today, there is massive injustice in terms of income and wealth inequality. Injustice is rampant.”

— Bernie Sanders

135. “CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.”

— Bernie Sanders

136. “I happen to believe that certain types of assault weapons, which are manufactured and designed for military purposes to kill people very quickly should not be used in civilian society.”

— Bernie Sanders

137. “I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East.”

— Bernie Sanders

138. “Millions are unemployed and our roads are falling apart. If we can spend $6 trillion sending people to war, we can spend $1 trillion to put Americans to work fixing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Let’s rebuild America and create jobs.”

— Bernie Sanders

139. “Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world.”

— Bernie Sanders

140. “The Republican I ran against, at the end of the campaign, had decided that I was “a friend of terrorists” and “a friend of pedophiles.” That’s the kind of crap they came out with. I expect that’s the kind of crap they’ll come out with again.”

— Bernie Sanders

141. “In 30 years of public service, I have had no scandals. I have high ethical standards. I am most proud of my judgement, that kind of judgement is what we want in a president going forward. I want to be a peacemaker.”

— Bernie Sanders

142. “We don’t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.”

— Bernie Sanders

143. “I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.”

— Bernie Sanders

144. “Change comes, even in the face of overwhelming odds. And the recognition of the changes we have already made, of what we have won, inspires us to fight even harder. When.”

— Bernie Sanders

145. “We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women’s rights, we are going to expand them. We are going forward, not backward.”

— Bernie Sanders

146. “I want to end the international embarrassment of the United States of America being the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege.”

— Bernie Sanders

147. “I think we bring together that broad coalition including Russia to help us destroy ISIS and work on a timetable to get rid of Assad, hopefully through Democratic elections. First priority, destroy ISIS.”

— Bernie Sanders

148. “The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won’t be looking over their shoulder. Everybody wants to fight terrorism, but we have to do it in away that protects American freedom.”

— Bernie Sanders

149. “The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public.”

— Bernie Sanders

150. “In many respects, this country is becoming an oligarchy, with a tiny percentage of America owning the media, owning the country.”

— Bernie Sanders