I have voted time and again for the background checks, and I want to see it improved and expanded. I want to see them do away with the gun show loophole. ... I don't know that there's any disagreement here. Bernie Sanders More Quotes by Bernie Sanders More Quotes From Bernie Sanders 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 korearunningcountry As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public funding of elections so that all candidates can run for office without being beholden to the wealthy and powerful. Bernie Sanders powerfulbrotherrunning I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics. Bernie Sanders modernelectionbelieve The Affordable Care Act has clearly, as Secretary Clinton made the point, done a lot of good things, but, what it has not done is dealt with the fact we have 29 million people today who have zero health insurance, we have even more who are underinsured with large deductibles and copayments and prescription drug prices are off the wall. Bernie Sanders wallzeropeople When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats. Bernie Sanders democrathouseyears I think Katrina is one more indication of how inefficient and corrupt this Administration is, and indicates the absolute lack of seriousness that [George W.] Bush has in making the government respond to the needs of the people. They are so separated from the lives of normal, low-income people that it never occurred to them that if you're poor and have no money, no car, that you can't leave. Bernie Sanders governmentpeoplethinking 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 republicancampaignskind I do believe that we should substantially lower student debt in this country, which is crushing millions of people. We pay for it, in my view, by a tax on Wall Street speculation. The middle class bailed out Wall Street in their time of need. Now, it is Wall Street's time to help the middle class. Bernie Sanders crushwallcountry I want to see working people and young people come into the party in a way that doesn't exist now. And you know what, I want a 50-state strategy so the Democratic Party is not just the party of 25 states. Bernie Sanders partywantpeople We have to develop a strong economic message which says every American is entitled to health care through a national health care program. And we're not going to allow these large corporations to push through trade agreements which allow them to throw Americans out on the street and run to China. Bernie Sanders strongagreementrunning Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought. Bernie Sanders fightingimportantrights It's immoral and wrong that the top 1 percent of the USA owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. We should look at countries like Denmark and Sweden and Norway and look at what they've accomplished for their working people. Bernie Sanders usacountrypeople I am a fierce supporter of Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and gay rights in this country. Bernie Sanders gayrightscountry I've run for statewide office plenty of times, and people know me. Bernie Sanders officerunningpeople I believe what I call common sense gun reform. Plus, a revolution in mental health, making sure that if people are having a nervous breakdown, or are suicidal, or homicidal, they get the care they need when they need it. I think the vast majority of the American people can support and agenda composed of those features. Bernie Sanders suicidalbelievethinking All over this country you have progressive communities like Madison and Burlington, but we've got to go well, well, well outside of those communities. We've got to go to the rural areas. We've got to go where a lot of working people are voting Republican. Bernie Sanders communitycountrypeople I don't want to see kids in America being scared because they're hearing people on television and the radio saying really ugly xenophobic and racist things. Bernie Sanders kidsamericapeople I went back to a small town in Poland where my dad grew up. It was a very traumatic experience for me as a young man to know that my father's family were killed by Nazis, killed by Hitler. And that left, you know, if not intellectually, at least an emotional part of me which said, God, we have got to do everything we can to end this kind of horrific racism or anti-Semitism. And I have spent much of my life trying to fight that. Bernie Sanders dadfightingfather I was not a great student at the University of Chicago. I think that is - the record will bare me out. But I spent a lot of time reading history, sociology, psychology - reading everything except what I was supposed to read for class the next day. Bernie Sanders readingclassthinking I would not ask anyone to vote for me based on my last name. I am certainly not campaigning to be president because my last name is Clinton. Bernie Sanders lastspresidentnames
