Latest Bernie Sanders Quotes from Interviews

Quotes about:

• I know that virtually every member of the Senate understands we just cannot turn our back on men and women who have put their lives on the line to defend us and who are hurting today.

  Bernie Sanders

  Hurt, Men, Today

• It's no great secret, number one, in my view, and I think the view of most Americans, that Congress itself is pretty dysfunctional. We are not addressing the real needs of the American people. And second of all, philosophically, there is a huge division between the House and the Senate.

  Bernie Sanders

  Real, Thinking, People

• I think that the needs of the VA and the needs of the veteran community are very, very significant. Цe're talking about a VA system in which, in the last years a million-and-a-half more people have come into the system. You're dealing with 500,000 people have come home from Iraq an Afghanistan with PTSD and TBI. You're dealing with an older veterans population from World War II and Korea who need some difficult medical help. We want to see it be more efficient. We want to see doctors go to where they're needed.

  Bernie Sanders

  War, Home, Thinking

• Health care in America must be a right, not a privilege.

  Bernie Sanders

  Care, Health Care

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• If you want to talk about somebody who's actually been tough on Russia, look at President Trump. He wants more fracking, more coal, more energy, a stronger military, a stronger defense. Those things aren't good for Russia.

  Bernie Sanders

  Military, President, Stronger

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• If you want to talk further about a relationship with Russia, look no further than the Clintons. As we've said time and time again, Bill Clinton was paid half a million dollars to give a speech to a Russian bank, and was personally thanked by Putin for it. Hillary Clinton allowed one-fifth of America's uranium to - reserve to be sold to a Russian firm whose investors were Clinton Foundation donors. And the Clinton campaign chairman's brother lobbied against sanctions on Russia's largest bank and failed to report it. If you want to talk about having relations, look no further than there.

  Bernie Sanders

  Brother, Giving, Clinton

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• This is America, and we are not going to throw out 11 million people in this country who are undocumented. We`re not going to turn against one of the largest religions in the world, people who are Muslim. I do not want to see Muslim kids, who feel intimidated in the country and frightened, living in the country where they grew up. That is not America. We do not want to continue the attacks against the women.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Kids, People

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• Campaigns and elections are not a game. They're not a game. They're about trying to change America. We're the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not be having Flint, Michigan, or African-American communities all over this country where schools are failing. Those are the issue we got to pay attention to and not at this as come kind of silly game. And that is the critique that bothers me. That's what bothers me about media coverage.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Silly, School

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• For some reason, we can't go to Cuba, businesses in American can't do business in Cuba. I think that that is stupid. So I hope very much and applaud the president for his efforts in that direction and hope that in the not-too-distant future, that if I have anything to say about it as president, we will work aggressively to develop normal relations in every respect with the people of Cuba.

  Bernie Sanders

  Stupid, Thinking, People

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• In terms of the nature of the continuation of the Cold War, which has gone on so long between Cuba and the United States, I applaud the president for aggressively trying to end it and I hope we will have not only full diplomatic relations, but that the trade embargo will end.

  Bernie Sanders

  War, Long, Trying

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• I would say that, you know, being Jewish, what has been most significant in my life is understanding what a Hitler - what horrible politics can mean to people and I think that's been one of the motivating factors in my life in fighting against racism and bigotry of all kinds because when it gets out of hand, as we have seen and we are, you know - it's obviously has unbelievable repercussions.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mean, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind of crashed the United States Congress to give his speech there, ignoring President Obama, not even consulting with him, using it for political purposes back home, a guy who has supported the youth - the growth of settlement, I think the - the overreaction and the destruction of Gaza went too, too far. Israel should not be bombing schools or homes, just terrible damage there.

  Bernie Sanders

  Home, School, Thinking

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• Israel has an absolute right to exist - not only to exist - but to exist in a way that they're not under threat of terrorism.

  Bernie Sanders

  Terrorism, Threat

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• I think the people want to attack Israel for their policies, I think that is fair game. But not to appreciate that there is some level of anti-Semitism around the world involved in that, I think, would be a mistake.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• I would have put more emphasis on bringing working class people together to fight for a government that works for all of us.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, People, Together

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• I voted against the war in Iraq. I voted against the first Gulf War. I think war is the last resort - the last option of a great military power like us. I think that we need to focus on building coalitions. Yes, ISIS must be destroyed. But it should be destroyed by a coalition of Muslim nations on the ground with the support of the United States and the other major powers in the air and in training the troops there.

  Bernie Sanders

  Military, War, Thinking

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• The political world is changing rapidly. What the establishment has learned, what the Democratic establishment, the Republican establishment, the media establishment, is the world is not quite what they thought it was. With the middle class disappearing, with people working longer hours for lower rages, with people worried about the future of their children, what you are seeing is a lot of discontent at the grassroots level all over this country. And that's what's going on right now.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Children, People

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• People have a right to give a speech. And people have a right to protest. But I'm not a great fan of disrupting people's speeches.

  Bernie Sanders

  People, Giving, Protest

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• I think, you know, that Trump has been incredibly divisive. I think he's insulted almost every group in America. I think his policies are outrageous. But in America, people have a right to hold rallies. So I think my own feeling is it is absolutely appropriate for thousands of people to protest at a Trump rally, but I am not great fan of disrupting rallies.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, People, Feelings

  Source: info.msnbc.com

• The issue is to trying to figure out why we end up spending so much more than other countries.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Trying

  Source: www.pbs.org

• If we greatly expanded primary health care, lower the cost of prescription drugs, we take a giant step forward in lowering health care costs in America.

  Bernie Sanders

  Drug, Care, Health Care

  Source: www.pbs.org

• We have to enforce the individual mandate. We're losing a lot of money that is not coming into the system.

  Bernie Sanders

  Losing, Individual

  Source: www.pbs.org

• All that I can say is that we are spending far more per capita than people in any other country, and our health care outcomes are in many cases worse in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality and so forth.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, People, Care

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The cost of prescription drugs in this country is far, far higher than in any other country. You may recall that Donald Trump as a candidate for president talked about how he was going to take on the pharmaceutical industry and it was going to lower prescription drug costs.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Drug, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

• The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right.

  Bernie Sanders

  People, World, Care

  Source: www.pbs.org