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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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Feb 11, 2016

Stop keeping your housing that you own segregated. Stop segregated housing at the University of Chicago and later I got involve with segregated schools in the city of Chicago.

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Feb 10, 2016

you know what their problem is this whole campaign finance reform system and it starts -- why do you think they give this money, just because they want to throw money around?

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Feb 10, 2016

One of us ran against Barack Obama. I was not that candidate.

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Feb 10, 2016

If and here is the if, we have the courage to take on the drug companies and have the courage to take on the insurance companies and the medical equipment suppliers, if we do that, yes, we can guarantee health care to all people in a much…

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Feb 10, 2016

That yes, the family right in the middle of the economy would pay $500 more in taxes and get a reduction in their health care costs of $5,000.

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Feb 10, 2016

Last I heard, we lived in a democratic society. Last I heard a United States senator had the right to disagree with the president, including a president who has done such an extraordinary job.

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Feb 10, 2016

I am proud to say that Henry Kissinger is not my friend. I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger.

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Feb 10, 2016

But let's not -- let's not insult -- let's not insult the intelligence of the American people. People aren't dumb. Why in God's name does Wall Street make huge campaign contributions? I guess just for the fun of it. They want to throw…

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Feb 10, 2016

Right. Absolutely. Because what we will do and say, instead of giving tax breaks to billionaires, we are going to create millions of jobs for low-income kids so they're not hanging out on street corners. We're going to make sure that those…

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Feb 10, 2016

Well, you know, I think from an historical point of view, somebody with my background, somebody with my views, somebody who has spent his entire life taking on the big money interests, I think a Sanders victory would be of some historical…

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Feb 10, 2016

Secretary Clinton, you are not in the White House yet. And let us be clear that every proposal that I have introduced has been paid for.

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Feb 10, 2016

I think what our campaign is indicating is that the American people are tired of establishment politics, tired of establishment economics.

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Feb 9, 2016

Hell no, we are not going to charge people to use the airspace of the United States.

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Feb 9, 2016

There's a lot of hard work in front of us, but with you I think the message that we're bringing forth is that this country is supposed to be a nation of fairness. And we're not seeing the fairness right now.

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Feb 9, 2016

Tonight we serve notice to the political and economic establishment.

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Feb 7, 2016

And I believe that you understand, that while the decisions that are made in Washington today impact every American, they impact the younger generation even more. Because you are going to have to live with those decisions for the next 60…

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Feb 7, 2016

What we're talking about is free tuition at public colleges and universities.

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Feb 4, 2016

This campaign is trying to do is to ask the American people to think big and not small.

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Feb 3, 2016

We have to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, $15 an hour.

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Feb 3, 2016

If we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, you're gonna see countries all over the world—this is what the CIA says—they're gonna be struggling over limited amounts of water, limited amounts of land to grow…

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