It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough. Bernie Sanders More Quotes by Bernie Sanders More Quotes From Bernie Sanders The case to be made is that we have got to get people involved - continue to get people involved in the political process at every level. Bernie Sanders political people To my mind, what is most important now is the defeating of the worst candidate for president that I have seen in my lifetime, Donald Trump, who is not qualified to be president by temperament, not qualified to be president by the ideas that he has brought forth. Bernie Sanders important president mind I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn from what they have accomplished for their working people. Bernie Sanders country people thinking 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. Bernie Sanders democratic party decision We know the legislation that passed the House. It was the worst piece of legislation frankly against working class people that I can remember in my political life in the Congress. Bernie Sanders political house people We don't need a president like a Trump who doesn't actually, George, doesn't even believe in climate change, let alone wants to do anything about it, rejecting science. Bernie Sanders climate-change president believe I think, the most progress I have agenda, the progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party. So we have got to continue bringing people in, fighting for an agenda that works for working families and having the courage to take on the big money people who today control our economic and political life. Bernie Sanders party fighting thinking In America, we have lost millions of decent-paying jobs. That has got to end. Bernie Sanders We need a Democratic Party open, that is bringing working people into the party, that is bringing young people, that bringing all of the people of this country who are sick and tired of an economy that works well for the 1 percent while the middle class struggles. Bernie Sanders party struggle country The American people in Congress have got to ask themselves a very simple question. Why are we the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a right? Bernie Sanders simple country people We need to take a hard look at the war on drugs and the number of non-violent offenders who end up getting their lives destroyed by going to prison. We need to look at mandatory minimum sentencing and give judges more flexibility when there are issues of drug abuse or addiction. Bernie Sanders issues numbers war It's not in the interest of the corporations who own the networks to actually be educating the American people so that are debating the real issues. It's much better to deflect attention away from issues and get into the story of the day. Bernie Sanders real attention people I think people have a right to speak. And you have a right if you're on a college campus not to attend. You have a right to ask hard questions about the speaker if you disagree with him or her. Bernie Sanders college people thinking If you want to talk about somebody who's actually been tough on Russia, look at President Trump. He wants more fracking, more coal, more energy, a stronger military, a stronger defense. Those things aren't good for Russia. Bernie Sanders stronger military president I think, you know, that Trump has been incredibly divisive. I think he's insulted almost every group in America. I think his policies are outrageous. But in America, people have a right to hold rallies. So I think my own feeling is it is absolutely appropriate for thousands of people to protest at a Trump rally, but I am not great fan of disrupting rallies. Bernie Sanders feelings people thinking When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind of crashed the United States Congress to give his speech there, ignoring President Obama, not even consulting with him, using it for political purposes back home, a guy who has supported the youth - the growth of settlement, I think the - the overreaction and the destruction of Gaza went too, too far. Israel should not be bombing schools or homes, just terrible damage there. Bernie Sanders home school thinking But because media is what media is today, any stupid, absurd remark made by Donald Trump becomes the story of the week. Maybe, just maybe, we might want to have a serious discussion about the serious issues facing America. Donald Trump will not look quite so interesting in that context. Bernie Sanders stupid today interesting Democrats need to become a 50-state party. You can't have a great party on the West Coast and the East Coast. You need to have a party in all 50 states. Bernie Sanders democrat party I would love it if everybody in America agreed with me on every issue. I can't get my wife to agree with me on every issue, let alone the American people. It's called democracy. That's what it's about. Bernie Sanders democracy wife people We live in a country where a small number of people have incredible wealth and power. America has more income and wealth inequality than any other major country. Bernie Sanders small-numbers country america
