Bernie Sanders is a distinguished American politician who has been serving as the ‘Junior United States Senator’ from Vermont since 2007. Going by many scholars, Sanders views, opinions and thoughts are considered to be more in line with social democracy.
Go through the collection of quotes and sayings by Bernie Sanders taken from his writings, speeches, books, interviews, tweets and public utterances.
Quotes by Bernie Sanders on struggle, politics, political, fight, women, education, struggle, people, community, justice, policy and war.
Famous Bernie Sanders Quotes on America & Americans
- “Washington is dominated by big money.”
- “For many, the American dream has become a nightmare.”
- “A job should lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it.”
- “If a financial institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.”
- “It’s time to make our government work for all of us… and not just the 1%.”
- “Americans’ right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.”
- “The Federal Reserve has the responsibility to protect the credit rights of consumers.”
- “Before Social Security existed, about half of America’s senior citizens lived in poverty.”
- “There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.”
- “I have spent the better part of my adult life standing up and fighting for working families.”
- “We need to change the power structure in America, we need to end the political oligarchy.”
- “The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.”
- “’The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.”
- “America becomes a greater nation when we stand together and say no to racism, hatred, and bigotry.”
- “History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country.”
- “As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.”
- “It makes no sense to me that the United States of America has more jails and prisons than colleges and universities.”
- “CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.”
- “People in American jails are disproportionately people of color. That’s the reality in America today. That’s a reality that has to change.”
- “To those who want to divide us up: We’re not gonna hate Latinos. We’re not gonna hate Muslims. We are going to stand TOGETHER.”
- “We must not accept a nation in which billionaires compete as to the size of their super-yachts, while children in America go hungry.”
- “I happen to believe that we should move to a Medicare-for-all single-payer system, similar to what other countries around the world have.”
- “I believe when we stand together when we share the vision that government should work for all of us, there is nothing we can’t accomplish.”
- “Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues!”
- “You know, I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street. In truth that’s not the case. The real truth is that Wall Street regulates the Congress.”
- “Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.”
- “The good news is that the American people, not just the African-American community are saying enough is enough. You can`t hold people in custody and suddenly find out that they are dead. You can`t shoot people in the back.”
- “The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won’t be looking over their shoulder. Everybody wants to fight terrorism, but we have to do it in away that protects American freedom.”
- “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.”
- “The main problem of America is that you’re seeing people working all over this country two jobs, they’re working three jobs, and they’re getting nowhere in a hurry. They’re working hard. They can’t afford to send their kids to college in many instances. They can’t afford child care for their little babies. They’re worried to death about retirement.”
Bernie Sanders Education Quotes
- “If you can’t afford to take care of our veterans, then don’t send them to war.”
- “It’s easy to apologize for making bad decisions. It’s harder to make the right ones.”
- “We need to make Election Day a federal holiday to increase voters’ ability to participate.”
- “I’ve been criticized for saying this so let me say it again: I believe health care should be a right, not a privilege.”
- “It makes no sense to me that the United States of America has more jails and prisons than colleges and universities.”
- “Every working family in America knows how hard it is today to find affordable childcare or early childhood education.”
- “Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.”
- “You aren’t going to accomplish what we need for working families as long as big money interests control the US Congress.”
- “We have got to make sure that every qualified American in this country who wants to go to college can go to college — regardless of income.”
- “It’s unacceptable that millions of college graduates can’t afford to buy their first home or car because of outrageously high student debt.”
- “Families are struggling to put bread on the table, send their kids to college and take care of their basic needs. America needs a political revolution.”
- “You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care, and decent paying jobs.”
- “Every person in this country who has the desire and ability should be able to get all the education they need regardless of the income of their family. This is not a radical idea. In Germany, Scandinavia and many other countries, higher education is either free or very inexpensive. We must do the same.”
- “Fifty years ago, great schools like the University of California and the City University of New York – as well as many state colleges – were tuition free. Today college is unaffordable for many working class families. For the sake of our economy and millions of Americans, we must make higher education more affordable.”
- “We are moving in exactly the wrong direction in higher education. Forty years ago, tuition in some of the great American public universities and colleges was virtually free. Today, the cost is unaffordable for many working class families. Higher education must be a right for all – not just wealthy families.”
- “Student debt is crushing the lives of millions of Americans. How does it happen that we can get a home mortgage or purchase a car with interest rates half of that being paid for student loans? We must make higher education affordable for all. We must substantially lower interest rates on student loans. This must be a national priority.”
- “In Germany, college tuition is free. In America, college tuition is increasingly unaffordable. In a highly competitive global economy, which country do you think will have the best-educated work force and a competitive advantage? We must make tuition free in public colleges and universities and substantially reduce interest rates on student loans.”
- “How can the United States be competitive globally if higher education is unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden have no tuition for college. Other countries have low tuition. We need the best educated workforce in the world. Instead of spending endless amounts on the military, we need to invest in our young people.”
Bernie Sanders Quotes on Hillary
- “It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and I disagree on a number of issues.”
- “I don’t run against Hillary Clinton. I run on the most important issues facing America.”
- “We have got to defeat Donald Trump, and we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.”
- “Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United!”
- “Hillary Clinton understands that we have to invest in education and jobs for our young people, not more jails or incarceration.”
- “Any objective observer will conclude that – based on her ideas and her leadership – Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.”
- “We have over 13 million people who supported my candidacy. And I have no doubt that there are some of those people who will not vote for Hillary Clinton.”
- “But what I intend to do, the day after Hillary Clinton is elected president of the United States, is to do everything I can to make sure she goes forward as progressively as she can.”
Bernie Sanders Quotes on Trump
Bernie Sanders Quotes on Love and Life
- “It’s better to show up than to give up.”
- “Difficult times often bring out the best in people.”
- “I have seven beautiful grandchildren, four of whom are girls.”
- “We have an obligation to take care of the people who fight for us.”
- “It’s easy to apologize for making bad decisions. It’s harder to make the right ones.”
- “Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.”
- “This looks to me like a group of people who are prepared to make a political revolution.”
- “When people stand together and are prepared to fight back, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish.”
- “A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.”
- “Climate change isn’t just a problem for the future – the impacts of climate change are apparent here and now.”
- “Young people in this country know exactly what they’re doing. They know we need big change, not just small steps.”
- “When it comes to supporting real family values, the United States lags behind virtually every major country on earth.”
- “What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can’t take care of the elderly and the children.”
- “When a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her child, she has the right to know what she is feeding her family.”
- “No president alone can effectively address the crises facing the working families of this country without a powerful grassroots movement.”
- “I am not aware how you succeed politically when you insult women, who far more than men consistently provide you with great margins of support.”
- “The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.”
- “Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.”
- “We need leadership in this country, which will improve the lives of working families, the children, the elderly, the sick and the poor. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger.”
- “Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.“The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right.”
Funny Quotes by Bernie Sanders
