Bernie Sanders Quotes About Fighting

Quotes about: Fighting

• I have spent the better part of my adult life standing up and fighting for working families.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Adults, Standing

  "Sen. Bernie Sanders on taxes, trade agreements and Islamic State". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. May 18, 2015.

• I think, the most progress I have agenda, the progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party. So we have got to continue bringing people in, fighting for an agenda that works for working families and having the courage to take on the big money people who today control our economic and political life.

  Bernie Sanders

  Party, Fighting, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• Income and wealth inequality have reached obscene levels, the threat of climate change is more frightening than ever, and the billionaire class is now allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to buy the candidate they want. And it is up to us to stand up and fight back. If we stand together, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Class, Together

• In my view, it is not a question of Trump having won the election, it's a question of Democrats having lost the election. Democrats need a strong progressive agenda which says to the working class of this country, we are going the stand and fight for you, we're going to raise the minimum wage, pay equity for women, we're going to rebuild the infrastructure, and we're going to guarantee health care to all people as a right. We're going to make public colleges and universities tuition-free.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Strong, Fighting

  Source: www.pbs.org

• 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

• So, right now we have got to defeat Trump, we have to elect Hillary Clinton. We have to elect progressive candidates in the house, and in the senate, and school boards, and city councils. And most importantly, we have got to continue the fight for an agenda to create a government that works for all of us, and not just the people on top. And that's the mission that I will be undertaking.

  Bernie Sanders

  School, Fighting, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I do believe that if millions of people do stand up and fight back, we can stop Donald Trump from doing some really awful things.

  Bernie Sanders

  Believe, Fighting, People

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• In my view, we need a massive federal jobs program which puts millions of our people back to work. We must end our disastrous trade policies. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. And we have to fight for pay equity for women.

  Bernie Sanders

  Jobs, Fighting, Views

• 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

• The Republicans are many things, but they're not dumb. And if millions of people begin to stand up and fight back, they're going to be thinking twice about doing very bad things.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Thinking, People

  Source: www.truth-out.org

• I understood that these trade agreements were going to destroy the middle class of this country. I led the fight against us. That is one of the major differences that we have.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Fighting, Agreement

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• 20 million people thrown off of health insurance, prescription drug prices raising for seniors, privatization of Medicare: devastation. And we've got to fight back against that.

  Bernie Sanders

  Senior, Fighting, People

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• The Cold War is over. And our focus has got to be on intelligence, increased manpower, fighting internationally targets.

  Bernie Sanders

  War, Fighting, Focus

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, www.cbsnews.com. November 14, 2015.

• The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people against income and wealth inequality, do everything we can about climate change.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Fighting, Class

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• What we're also looking at, if we do not transform our energy system, is more international war and conflict as countries fight over limited natural resources, including water and land to grow their crops.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, War, Fighting

• The reality is we that have a corrupt campaign finance system which separates the American people's needs and desires from what Congress is doing. So to my mind, what we have got to do is wage a political revolution where millions of people have given up on the political process, stand up and fight back, demand the government that represents us and not just a handful of campaign contribution - contributors.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Reality, Government

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, www.nytimes.com. February 5, 2016.

• What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.

  Bernie Sanders

  Believe, Fighting, Winning

  "Independent – VT Sen. Bernie Sanders". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. December 8, 2010.

• During the debate over NAFTA President Clinton said, 'I believe that NAFTA will create a million jobs in the first five years of its impact.' WRONG. According to the Economic Policy Institute, NAFTA has led to the loss of more than 680,000 U.S. jobs. I voted against NAFTA and other bad trade agreements and am fighting to stop the TPP.

  Bernie Sanders

  Jobs, Believe, Fighting

• Politics is not about a person. We transform America not by electing some guy or woman to be president; we transform this country when millions of people stand up and fight back. That will result in good leadership on top. So the goal right now is not to worry about who's going to be running in 2020 or 2080. The goal now is to mobilize millions of people around a progressive agenda.

  Bernie Sanders

  Running, Country, Fighting

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• We are living in the richest country in the history of the world, yet we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country and millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. It is my absolute conviction that everyone in this country deserves a minimum standard of living and we've got to go forward in the fight to make that happen.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Struggle, Fighting

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. May 19, 2015.

• As president, I will fight to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lower interest rates on student loans.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, College, President

  Bernie Sanders (2016). “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in”, p.106, Profile Books

• I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil Rights trying to desegregate schools in Chicago, who spent his whole life fighting against racism, I want your ideas. What do you think we can do? What can we do?

  Bernie Sanders

  Life, School, Fighting

• We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Rights, Long

• We must fight to carry out his radical and bold vision for America.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, America, Vision

  "Sanders Tells Black Voters U.S. Must Confront 'Institutional Racism'". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 19, 2016.

• I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that.

  Bernie Sanders

  Fighting, Rights, Long

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. June 28, 2015.

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