What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1 percent of our population who are Muslims, for undocumented people in this country. Absolutely, we will stand.
Real freedom must include economic security.
Can I work with corporations? Are there good corporations doing incredible cutting edge research and development? Absolutely they are. And we should be proud of them.
We must fight to carry out his radical and bold vision for America.
What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country.
We have to say to the billionaire class, enough is enough. You cannot have it all. You are going to pay more in taxes.
I don’t believe government should take over, you know, the grocery store down the street or own the means of production.
The Cold War is over. And our focus has got to be on intelligence, increased manpower, fighting internationally targets.
I’m not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower.
We have organizations, whether it is ISIS or Al Qaida, who do believe we should go back several thousand years. We should make women third-class citizens, that we should allow children to be sexually assaulted. They are a danger to modern society.
I’m running for president, because as I go around this nation, I talk to a lot of people. And what I hear is people’s concern that the economy we have is a rigged economy.
The disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unraveled the region.
I will challenge anybody with regard to my record on LGBT issues.
I don’t want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It’s a program by which the United States government has said that when you get old you should have a steady source of income.
What we need to do is lead an international coalition which includes very significantly the Muslim nations in that region who are going to have to fight and defend their way of life.
Clearly North Korea is a very strange situation because it is such an isolated country run by a handful of dictators, or maybe just one, who seems to be somewhat paranoid. And, who had nuclear weapons.
I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics.
When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats.
I think it’s important that members of the United States Senate spend time not just on Capitol Hill but making contact with ordinary people and engaging them in the political process.
The Republican I ran against, at the end of the campaign, had decided that I was “a friend of terrorists” and “a friend of pedophiles.” That’s the kind of crap they came out with. I expect that’s the kind of crap they’ll come out with again.