- Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent – a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice – that struggle continues.
- The cost of college education today is so high that many young people are giving up their dream of going to college, while many others are graduating deeply in debt.
- Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with new ideas, and that’s a good thing.
- Good environmental policy is good economic policy.
- Yes, we become stronger when men and women, young and old, gay and straight, native-born and immigrant fight together to create the kind of country we all know we can become.
- Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.
- Unemployment insurance, abolishing child labor, the 40-hour work week, collective bargaining, strong banking regulations, deposit insurance, and job programs that put millions of people to work were all described, in one way or another, as ‘socialist.’ Yet, these programs have become the fabric of our nation and the foundation of the middle class.
- If we are serious about moving toward energy independence in a cost-effective way, we should invest in solar energy. If we are serious about cutting air and water pollution and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we should invest in solar energy.
- It makes a lot more sense for us to be investing in jobs and education rather than jails and incarceration.
- The history of American democracy, to say the least, has been checkered. Our nation was founded at a time when people of African descent were held in bondage. After slavery was abolished, they were forced to endure legal discrimination for another 100 years.
- Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.
- I see a future where getting to work or to school or to the store does not have to cause pollution.
- While Donald Trump is busy insulting one group after another, Hillary Clinton understands that our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Yes. We become stronger when black and white, Latino, Asian-American, Native American – when all of us stand together.
- The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way.
- Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.
15 Inspirational Quotes by Bernie Sanders
