Bernie Sanders Quotes About Office

Quotes about: Office

• As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic mayor in Burlington, Vermont, I know something about third party politics. And I respect Jill [Stein].

  Bernie Sanders

  Party, Independent, Office

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I have a lot of respect for President Obama. I consider him a friend. I disagree with him on issues like the extension of tax breaks that Bush initiated. But I think history will judge a President Obama a lot better than many other contemporaries, given the fact that he came into office at a time when this country was in terrible, terrible shape.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Thinking, Issues

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• What a grassroots party is about is people getting excited, getting involved in the local political process, saying, we want our candidate to run for office, we want him to run for office, and we're going to get involved and make sure that he or she wins.

  Bernie Sanders

  Running, Party, Winning

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• I have supported candidates whose views are very different than mine on the need the break up Wall Street banks, on the war in Iraq, on trade issues. Of course I have supported those people. My hope is that we're going to see - and I believe it is the case - we're going to see more and more strong progressives running for office. That's my hope. That's my desire. But that is up to - that decision is going to be made by people in 50 states and 435 congressional districts.

  Bernie Sanders

  Running, Strong, Wall

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• At a time when the Post Office is losing substantial revenue from the instantaneous flow of information by email and on the Internet, slowing mail service is a recipe for disaster.

  Bernie Sanders

  Office, Mail, Information

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I've run for statewide office plenty of times, and people know me.

  Bernie Sanders

  Running, People, Office

  Interview with Ruth Conniff, "The Progressive" magazine, December 1, 2005.

• As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public funding of elections so that all candidates can run for office without being beholden to the wealthy and powerful.

  Bernie Sanders

  Running, Brother, Powerful

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