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What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics.

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Bernie Sanders
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 8
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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.
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It's absurd we remain the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people and paid family and medical leave.
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The American people understand that we need real change in this country, in my view, a political revolution, which says to the people on top, You know what, you guys can't have it all.
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It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that system.
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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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Country must confront what he called institutional racism. [We should] create a country which provides economic, social and environmental justice for all.
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The issue is to trying to figure out why we end up spending so much more than other countries.
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When we are fighting for huge stakes - we're fighting for the future - future of the planet in terms of climate change. We're fighting for the future of American democracy.
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I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of working people.
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When people get out of jail, it is not easy for them to find a job. It is not easy for them to return to civil society.
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Donald Trump said: I, Donald Trump, yes, I am going to take on the entire establishment. I'm going to take on the political establishment. I am going to take on the economic establishment. I'm going to take on the media establishment. And I think a lot of people responded positively to that message.
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The middle class is collapsing and we are moving toward an oligarchic form of society, where the billionaires will control the economy and the political life of the country.
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What does a political revolution look like? It means that 80 percent of the people vote in national elections, not 40 percent. It means that billionaires can't make unlimited campaign contributions and buy and sell politicians. It means that the U.S. government represents the needs of all the people, not just the 1 percent and their lobbyists.
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How do we say, why do you keep voting for people who are giving more tax breaks to billionaires, who are going to send your jobs abroad, not going to let you form a union, not going to allow your kids to go to college? Why do you keep voting for these guys?
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At a time when our planet is warming due to climate change, the last thing our environment needs is more drilling. What we need is for Congress and the White House to move toward clean energy such as solar, wind and geothermal.
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The United States must lead the world in reversing climate change. We can do that.
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The first thing that I've got to think about is: What does a Donald Trump presidency mean for the people of my state and for the people of this country? And for the people of the world? I think it would be an absolute disaster. It would be beyond a disaster.
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