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Bernie Sanders Quotes - Page 22

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If you want to run for the United States Senate, you hire a consultant who will do polling for you, who will tell you the kinds of television ads you should run, who will tell you that most of the money you raise has

If you want to run for the United States Senate, you hire a consultant who will do polling for you, who will tell you the kinds of television ads you should run, who will tell you that most of the money you raise has got to go into TV. Raising money, and then putting that money into the hands of consultants, who then put on TV ads - that's more or less what campaigns are about. We've got to change that.

Running, Hands, Tvs

Source: billmoyers.com

Democrats and progressives do well when the voter turnout is high. Republicans do well when the voter turnout is low.

Voter Turnout, Voters, Republican

Source: www.nbcnews.com

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.

Thinking, Media, People

Source: www.pbs.org

97 percent of the scientists who wrote articles in peer-reviewed journals believe that human activity is the fundamental reason we are seeing climate change.

Climate, Fundamentals, Reason

"How to Read Between the Lines When Scott Pruitt Talks About Climate Science" by Lisa Friedman, www.nytimes.com. February 8, 2018.

If we do not get our act together and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, there is a real question as to the quality of the planet that we are going to be leaving our children and our grandchildren.

Children, Real, Leaving

"Trump's EPA Pick Softens Positions Amid Democratic Criticisms" by Jennifer A Dlouhy, www.bloomberg.com. January 19, 2017.

We have to transform our energy system.

Energy

"Sanders, Manafort, Priebus". "Face the Nation", www.cbsnews.com. July 31, 2016.

Today, over half of American workers have less than $10,000 in savings and have no idea how they will be able to retire with any shred of dignity.

Ideas, Saving, Half

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!

Cutting, Successful, Government

I am the longest- serving independent in the history of the United States Congress. People of Vermont sent me to Washington as an independent. That is true.

Independent, People, United States

Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

If you looked at Jeb Bush's campaign, it's more than just money. It's the nature of the candidate and the message and all that stuff.

Campaigns, Stuff, Messages

"Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

I very strongly supported the agreement which makes certain that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.

Agreement, Iran, Weapons

Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

Every candidate running for president has got to answer the following very simple question: At a time when we need to address the planetary crisis of climate change, and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainability, should we continue to give $135 billion in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade to fossil fuel companies?

Running, Simple, Giving

When my Republican colleagues talk about family values, they mean that a woman should not be able to have the right to control her own body; that women should not be able to purchase the contraceptives that they want. Those are their family values, not our family values.

Mean, Body, Want

When you talk about heroines and heroes, at the top of the list has got to be the single moms of America.

Mom, Hero, America

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.

Doubt, Climate, Faces

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.

Mean, Government, Political Revolution

The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real. It is caused by human activity.

Real, Voice, Community

Bernie Sanders (2016). “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in”, p.103, Profile Books

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

Long, Cost, Fuel

The billionaire class fully understands what is at stake. That's why a handful of them are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the current elections. Their goal is not to strengthen the middle class, but continue the trend in which the rich are getting richer at the expense of everyone else.

Class, Goal, Dollars

Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.

Giving Up, Irreparable Harm, Want

"For a Political Revolution" by Sen. Bernie Sanders, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2015.

Subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. At a time when scientists tell us we need to reduce carbon pollution to prevent catastrophic climate change, it is absurd to provide massive subsidies that pad fossil-fuel companies' already enormous profits.

Oil, Climate, Needs

When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security for Virtually all of their income, our job is to expand benefits, not cut them.

Senior, Jobs, Cutting

FaceBook post by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders from Feb 10, 2016

The right wing in this country is waging a war against women, and let me be very clear, it is not a war that we are going to allow them to win.

Country, War, Winning

"United Against the War on Women" by Sen. Bernie Sanders, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2012.

High-speed trains in Japan can now reach 375 mph - twice as fast as any public transit train in the United States. America's railroads were once the envy of the world. Today they are in disrepair and we are falling further and further behind the rest of the world. We need to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, including rail. When we do that we not only make our country more productive and efficient, we create millions of new jobs.

Country, Jobs, Fall

Rich get richer. Everyone else gets poorer. And all these guys can talk about is war and defunding Planned Parenthood.

War, Guy, Parenthood

Bernie Sanders‏ @BernieSanders, twitter.com. September 16, 2015.

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