Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.
It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.
It’s better to show up than to give up.
An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.
The greed of the billionaire class has got to end and we are going to end it for them.
What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can’t take care of the elderly and the children.
In my view, there is no justice when the 15 wealthiest people in this country in the last two years, saw their wealth increase by $170 billion. That is more wealth acquired in a two year period than is owned by the bottom 130 million Americans.
Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.
We can have paid family and medical leave. We can make public colleges and universities tuition-free. These are not revolutionary, radical ideas. They’re kind of common sense.
The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.
You know, I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street. In truth that’s not the case. The real truth is that Wall Street regulates the Congress.
My path to victory is to talk about the issues that impact the lives of millions of Americans.
In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.
Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.
All I can say is if you check my record going back a long time, I have stood with those who are hurting. I have stood with those who have no money.
Nobody who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.
It is time to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol. It is time to end the arrests of so many people and the destruction of so many lives for possessing marijuana.
If the environment were a bank, it would have been saved by now.
The government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of the wealthy.
If we are a free country, we have the right to be free.