Political Quotes

Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.

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  1. It is beyond unacceptable that President Trump is denying overtime pay to millions of workers who desperately need it to keep up with the outrageously high cost of living.4 sources2026takano.house.gov
  2. The future of AI and the fate of humanity must not be decided behind closed doors in Silicon Valley by billionaires seeking to maximize their power and profit.3 sources2026commondreams.org
  3. At a time when 15 million Americans are being thrown off the healthcare they have and 20 million Americans have already seen their premiums double, on average, as a result of Trump’s so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ we need Medicare for All now more than ever.2 sources2026sanders.senate.gov
  4. The time is now to end the greed of the big insurance and drug companies and pass Medicare for All.2 sources2026sanders.senate.gov
  5. The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control. It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.2 sources2026commondreams.org
  6. The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs.2 sources2026commondreams.org
Sep 11, 2026

Hey, if I am prepared to demand serious regulation of the industry. How many tens of millions of dollars are going to be spent against me?

huffpost.com
Sep 11, 2026

Mr. Coxon is right. The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development.

huffpost.com
Sep 11, 2026

When scientists tell you there is a chance, a chance that it could have a cataclysmic impact on humanity, you've got be a moron not to say, slow it down.

bbc.co.uk
Sep 11, 2026

I would introduce legislation to ban firms from developing superintelligence.

thenational.scot
Sep 11, 2026

We want to use AI to improve healthcare, to cure cancer et cetera. But we certainly don't want to see it wipe out humanity.

thenational.scot
Sep 11, 2026

But when the leaders of the industry tell you directly that they are developing a technology which is dangerous, they don't know where it is going, and when scientists tell you there is a chance that it could have a cataclysmic impact on…

thenational.scot
Sep 11, 2026

I listen to people who are a lot smarter than I am, and what they say is that AI sooner or later will become smarter than human beings.

thenational.scot
Sep 11, 2026

We were thought crazy, radical. We were laughed at.

huffpost.com
Sep 11, 2026

They’re building a technology that they cannot control, and they don’t know where it’s going.

huffpost.com
Sep 11, 2026

There has not been, up until very recently, an awareness about the extraordinary dangers posed by an AI that, as it becomes more intelligent than human beings, can become independent of human control.

huffpost.com
Sep 10, 2026

That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development.

dailycaller.com
Sep 10, 2026

The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity.

dailycaller.com
Sep 10, 2026

It’s time to reduce the stress level in our country and allow workers and their families to enjoy a better quality of life.

takano.house.gov
Sep 10, 2026

In the interest of humanity... pause AI development.

commondreams.org
Sep 10, 2026

It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

cbsnews.com
Sep 9, 2026

It means that kids suddenly don’t have their dad or their mom at home, and they, in fact, worry whether or not their dad or mom will ever return home and when they will return home.

vtdigger.org
Sep 9, 2026

We understand that the Vermont National Guard is a family, and that family is not just the men and women in uniform. It is the people back home, especially the children.

vtdigger.org
Sep 6, 2026

This is the most devastating attack on the United States of America since Pearl Harbor.

vtdigger.org
Sep 6, 2026

In the city of Burlington, in the state of Vermont, in the United States of America, we have a massive, massive housing crisis. Maybe instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars fighting a war that we never should have gotten in…

vtdigger.org
Sep 4, 2026

Nearly every day, there is a frightening new story about how Big Tech companies are losing control of the technology they are developing, with potentially cataclysmic results.

commondreams.org
Sep 4, 2026

The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs.

commondreams.org
Sep 4, 2026

The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control. It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even…

commondreams.org
Sep 2, 2026

Congratulations to Ed Markey on his landslide victory in the Democratic Massachusetts Senate primary. Ed knows that, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, Congress must take on the billionaires and fight for working families.

foxnews.com

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