"We can't allow our kids to be unemployed when they're 18 or 19 or 20."
"What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary."
"We must create a situation where women do not have to have abortions."
"The real debate should not be over whether the United States or the Soviet Union spends more on its military, but over how to reduce worldwide military spending."
"The real question of the nuclear freeze is whether we can begin to reverse the arms race."
"We must learn that when we spend money on the military, we are cutting back on education, health, and social programs."
"I don't believe in charities. Government, rather than charity organizations, should take responsibility for social programs."
"We have an obligation to try to create a society in which all people can live decently and with dignity."
"In Vermont, at least, I am not viewed as a crackpot. I am viewed as a serious candidate for mayor."
"It is time to begin a serious discussion about the role of government in our lives."
"We have to deal with the reality that 50% of the American people don't vote, don't participate in the political process."