The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs. Bernie Sanders More Quotes by Bernie Sanders More Quotes From Bernie Sanders I think too many of my Republican friends are into perpetual warfare in the Middle East. And that scares the bejesus out of me. Bernie Sanders middle-eastscarethinking I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of working people. Bernie Sanders americayearsthinking The truth is that political consciousness in this country is pretty low... To the degree that we can help educate and organize people around the most important issues facing their lives and show that there is support for fundamental changes in the way we do business in the United States of America in terms of income inequality, in terms of low wages, in terms of disastrous trade policies, in terms of being the only major country not to have a national healthcare program - that's success. Bernie Sanders issuescountryamerica Don`t go to the dark side. Don`t go bashing immigrants or Muslims. Bernie Sanders dark-sidedarksides I want to applaud those workers rallying to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. I believe strongly that a great nation will not survive when so few have so much and so many have so little. Every worker in America should be given respect, dignity and the wages and benefits they need to take care of their family. Bernie Sanders minimum-wagebelieveamerica In 30 years of public service, I have had no scandals. I have high ethical standards. I am most proud of my judgement, that kind of judgement is what we want in a president going forward. I want to be a peacemaker. Bernie Sanders ethical-standardsjudgementyears Why is it that two-thirds of white, rural men voted Republican? Why? That's what we have to address. That's crazy. These people are working longer and longer hours. Bernie Sanders crazymentwo Washington is dominated by big money. Bernie Sanders bigs I'm not quite sure,this is the issue that is on the minds of the American people right now, who basically want to make sure that Donald Trump keeps the promises that he made when he said he was not going to cut Social Security and Medicare. Bernie Sanders issuescuttingpeople There is something fundamentally wrong about the way we [americans] are moving as a country, when billionaires are able to buy elections as a result of Citizens United. There`s something fundamentally wrong when 99 percent of all new income goes to the top 1 percent. Bernie Sanders ablecountrymoving I think we need to take on the greed of the billionaire class, a disastrous campaign finance system. Bernie Sanders greedclassthinking Hillary Clinton is a person who has enormous - I have enormous respect for, has a very distinguished career. Bernie Sanders enormousclintoncareers I want to know in this day and age, whether it is possible for any candidate who is not a billionaire or who is not beholden to the billionaire class, to be able to run successful campaigns. Bernie Sanders successfulclassrunning I was elected by the Democrats to be chair of the Veterans Committee, which I'm very proud of. And now am the rankings member on the Budget Committee, leader of the Democrats in opposition to the majority Republicans. Bernie Sanders rankingmajorityleader To my mind, if we do not get a handle on money in politics and the degree to which big money controls the political process in this country, nobody is going to bring about the changes that is needed in this country for the middle class and working families. Bernie Sanders politicalclasscountry Where America has got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but it`s got to move to a society that provides a high quality of life for all of our people. In other words, if people have health care as a right, as do the people of every other major country, then there's less worry about growth. If people have educational opportunity and their kids can go to college and they have child care, then there's less worry about growth for the sake of growth. Bernie Sanders educationalcountrychildren Together, leading the world, the U.S.A. will rid our planet of this barbarous organization called ISIS. Bernie Sanders isisorganizationtogether The American people, whether you are Democrat, independent, Republican, progressive, conservative, do not believe corporations are people or that corporations should be able to buy elections. Bernie Sanders independentbelievepeople The American people in my view will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry. Bernie Sanders supportviewspeople Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners. Bernie Sanders isissupportstrong
