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We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.

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Bernie Sanders
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 8
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We have to fundamentally rethink our trade policy and make it work not for the CEOs of large corporations, but for working people. So, if Trump wants to develop a rational trade policy which demands corporations start investing in this country, rather than China, that's something that we can work on.
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Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on Wall Street, encourage the financial sector to invest in the productive economy and reduce the deficit by more than $350 billion over 10 years.
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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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There is far too little discussion in Washington about the collapse of the middle class , almost no discussion at all about the incredible income inequality and wealth inequality in this country, and the fact that we're moving toward an oligarch form of society.
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I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by which the United States government has said that when you get old you should have a steady source of income.
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Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.
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Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.
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I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his military adventurism in the Crimea and the Ukraine.
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Climate change is real, caused by human activity and already devastating our nation and planet. The United States must lead the world in combating climate change and transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward energy efficiency and sustainability.
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The next time you do a filibuster, keep walking around.
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Israel has an absolute right to exist - not only to exist - but to exist in a way that they're not under threat of terrorism.
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I know a great country that needs to be rebuilt in terms of roads, bridges, schools. That is called the United States of America.
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People are hurting and angry, and they want something to be able to stand up and fight for. That's what I believe the antidote is to Trumpism.
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Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.
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You need a Democratic Party which is a grassroots party, which makes decisions from the bottom on up, not just from the top on down.
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The Democrats have got to open the door to young people. Welcome them in and understand that it will be messy, that many young people are not professional politicians. The Democratic Party is going to have to adjust itself to their reality, rather than force young people to be adjusted to the Democratic leadership's reality.
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Not only did I vote against that war, I helped lead the opposition, and if you go to my website, berniesanders.com, you will see the statement that I made in 2002. And it gives me no pleasure to tell you that much of what I feared would happen the day after Saddam Hussein was overthrown, in fact, did happen.
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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.
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I happen to believe that we should move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer system, similar to what other countries around the world have.
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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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