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I Believe What I Call Common Sense Gun Reform. Plus, A Revolution In Mental Health, Making Sure That If People Are Having A Nervous Breakdown, Or Are Suicidal, Or Homicidal, They Get The Care They Need When They Need It. I Think The Vast Majority Of The American People Can Support And Agenda Composed Of Those Features.
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I Believe What I Call Common Sense Gun Reform. Plus, A Revolution In Mental Health, Making Sure That If People Are Having A Nervous Breakdown, Or Are Suicidal, Or Homicidal, They Get The Care They Need When They Need It. I Think The Vast Majority Of The American People Can Support And Agenda Composed Of Those Features.
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The American People Understand That We Need Real Change In This Country, In My View, A Political Revolution, Which Says To The People On Top, "you Know What, You Guys Can't Have It All."
Country
Real
Political Revolution
The American People, Whether You Are Democrat, Independent, Republican, Progressive, Conservative, Do Not Believe Corporations Are People Or That Corporations Should Be Able To Buy Elections.
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Independent
People
No President, Not The Smartest, Best Human Being In The World Can Do It Alone. You Cannot Take On This, The Power That Is In Washington, To Billionaires And Lobbyist, The Military Industrial Complex, All Of This Money And Power, You Can`t Do It. You Need A Mass Movement Of American Who Are Looking In Congress And We Say Directly.
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Establishing A 0.03 Percent Wall Street Speculation Fee, Similar To What We Had From 1914-1966, Would Dampen The Dangerous Level Of Speculation And Gambling On Wall Street, Encourage The Financial Sector To Invest In The Productive Economy And Reduce The Deficit By More Than $350 Billion Over 10 Years.
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Gambling
Years
In The Last Presidential Election Obama And Romney Raised About $1 Billion Each. The Koch Brothers, The Second Wealthiest Family In America, Now Say They Will Raise Nearly $1 Billion For The 2016 Elections. When One Family Can Raise As Much As An Entire Party, The System Is Broken. This Is Oligarchy, Not Democracy. We Must Overturn Citizens United.
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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.
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Thinking
People
I Don't Go Around Every Other Day Calling For Governors To Resign. I Don't Think I Ever Have.
Thinking
Calling
Governors
The Future Of The Democratic Party, The Future Of This Country Is Involving Young People In The Political Process, Getting Them To Stand Up For Their Rights, Dealing With Student Debt, Which I Got To Tell You Is Just Crushing People All Over This Country, Making Public Colleges And Universities Tuition Free, Those Are The Ideas We Are Bringing Out, Demanding The Wealthy And Large Corporations Start Paying Their Fair Share Of Taxes. This Is What Younger People, Working Class People Want. That Is The Future Of The Democratic Party.
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I Very Strongly Disagreed With President Clinton On The Deregulation Of Wall Street. I Opposed That Strenuously.
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Deregulation
Do I Consider Myself A Part Of The Casino Capitalist Process? No I Don't. I Believe In A Society Where All People Do Well.
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People
Casinos
My Mission Is To Raise Incomes For Hard Working Middle Class Families. If You Work Hard And Do Your Part You Should Be Able To Get Ahead And Stay Ahead.
Hard Work
Class
Able
In Terms Of Iran And In Terms Of Saudi Arabia, Of Course They Hate Each Other. That's No Great Secret. But John Kerry, Who Is I Think Doing A Very Good Job, Has Tried To At Least Get These People In The Room Together Because Both Of Them Are Being Threatened By Isis.
Jobs
Hate
Thinking
I Happen To Believe That Certain Types Of Assault Weapons, Which Are Manufactured And Designed For Military Purposes To Kill People Very Quickly Should Not Be Used In Civilian Society.
Military
Believe
Assault Weapons
Don`t Go To The Dark Side. Don`t Go Bashing Immigrants Or Muslims.
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Dark Side
Interestingly, A Lot Of The Polling That I See Is Not Along Racial Lines, But Along Generational Lines. We Are Doing Better And Better Among Younger People, Not So Well Among Older People, Whether They're African-american, Whether They're White Or Whether They're Latino.
White
People
African American
One Of The Issues I'm Really Happy About Is That Recently, Secretary Clinton And I Worked Out An Agreement On Higher Education, Making Public Colleges And Universities Tuition Free For Every Family In America Earning Less Than 125,000 Bucks. Didn't Go As Far As I Wanted. But That's 83 Percent Of The Population In This Country.
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College
Clinton
I Don't Consider Myself A Pariah.
Pariahs
Countering Violent Extremism And Destroying Isis Must Be Done Primarily By Muslim Nations With The Strong Support Of Their Global Partners.
Strong
Isis
Support
When I Was A Young Boy, I Can Remember In The Community That I Grew Up In, Seeing People In The Community Who Had Numbers That Were On Their Arms.
Boys
Numbers
People
Wall Street Has Enormous Power Over The Republican Party, Enormous Power Over The Democratic Party.
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Party
Republican
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.
Running
Party
Winning
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.
Children
Elderly
Giving
When You Talk About Heroines And Heroes, At The Top Of The List Has Got To Be The Single Moms Of America.
Mom
Hero
America
Subsidies For The Oil, Gas And Coal Industries Are Projected To Cost Taxpayers More Than $135 Billion In The Coming Decade. At A Time When Scientists Tell Us We Need To Reduce Carbon Pollution To Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change, It Is Absurd To Provide Massive Subsidies That Pad Fossil-fuel Companies' Already Enormous Profits.
Oil
Climate
Needs
What My Campaign Is About Is A Political Revolution - Millions Of People Standing Up And Saying, Enough Is Enough. Our Government Belongs To All Of Us, And Not Just The Hand Full Of Billionaires.
Government
Political Revolution
Hands
...poverty In America Today Leads Not Only To Anxiety, Unhappiness, Discomfort And A Lack Of Material Goods. It Leads To Death. Poverty In America Today Is A Death Sentence For Tens And Tens Of Thousands Of Our People.
America
People
Anxiety
Most Republicans Are Not Prepared To Stand Up To The Fossil Fuel Industry Because They Get A Lot Of Their Campaign Funds From The Koch Brothers And Other People In The Fossil Fuel Industry. That Tells Me Why We Have To Reform Our Campaign Finance System.
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People
Campaign Finance
Now Is The Time To Alter Our Government. Now Is The Time To Stop The Movement Toward Oligarchy. Now Is The Time To Create A Government Which Represents All Americans And Not Just The 1%... No More Excuses. We Must All Become Involved In The Political Process.
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Political
Movement
I Have Not Heard Almost Anybody Suggest That Raising The Minimum Wage To The Level We Have In Vermont Has Been An Impediment To Our Economy Which Is Doing Reasonably Well ... If Somebody Is Going To Work That Person Has Got To Receive At Least A Wage That They Can Go Out And Live With Dignity On. That's An Extremely Important Point.
Important
Minimum Wage
Levels
Ben Carson And I Don`t Have Much In Common Politically. But The Fact Is When You Have Kids Getting Involved In The Political Process, Doing Their Best To Elect The Candidates Of Their Choice, That`s What The American Democracy Is About.
Kids
Choices
Political
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.
Fighting
Reality
Government
It Costs A Hell Of A Lot More Money To Put Somebody In Jail Than Send Them To The University Of Virginia.
Virginia
Jail
Cost
In Community After Community, There Are Unemployment Rates Among Young African-americans Of 30 To 40 Percent. Thirty To 40 Percent! Kids Have No Jobs, They Have No Future. That Is An Issue That Has Got To Be Dealt With Simultaneously As We Deal With Police Brutality, Voter Suppression And The Other Attacks That Are Taking Place On The African-american Community.
Jobs
Kids
Issues
The Reality Is That We Have One Of Lowest Voter Turnouts Of Any Major Country On Earth Because So Many People Have Given Up On The Political Process. The Reality Is That There Has Been Trillions Of Dollars Of Wealth Going From The Middle Class In The Last 30 Years To The Top 1/10th Of 1 Percent.
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Reality
Years
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.
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Fighting
Agreement
Freedom Of Speech, The Right To Dissent, The Right To Protest, That Is What America Is About. And Politically Every Leader In This Country And Every American Has Got To Stand Up Against Any Form Of Violence. That Is Unacceptable.
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Leader
Freedom Of Speech
The Votes Elected Officials Make Should Be Based On The Best Interests Of The American People, Not The Fear Of Retribution When Shadowy Groups Spend Millions Of Dollars On Negative Advertisements.
People
Groups
Negative
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.
Fighting
Needs
Way
I Don't Want To See Kids In America Being Scared Because They're Hearing People On Television And The Radio Saying Really Ugly Xenophobic And Racist Things.
Kids
America
People
All Over This Country You Have Progressive Communities Like Madison And Burlington, But We've Got To Go Well, Well, Well Outside Of Those Communities. We've Got To Go To The Rural Areas. We've Got To Go Where A Lot Of Working People Are Voting Republican.
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Community
There Is Nobody That I Know Who Believes That Bank Of America Is A Human Being Who Should Be Entitled For The Same Constitutional Rights That The People Of Our Country Are.
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Rights
What Some Of Us Believe Is That It Is Possible That If Chemicals Are Related To Gulf War Illness That Some Of The More Severe Symptoms May Not Erupt Until 10 Or 20 Years Down The Line.
War
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Years
If You Look At The Newspapers Here - The Washington Papers - Most Of The Discussion Deals With Campaign Gossip.
Gossip
Campaigns
Looks
What The Des Moines Register Said - You Know, There Were Coin - I Think There Were Half A Dozen Coin Flips - A Fairly Chaotic Type Situation. At The End Of The Day, No Matter How It's Recounted, It Will Break Roughly Even. I Love And Respect The Caucus Process In Iowa. See, And I Don't Have To Say It, Because They Voted Already.
Thinking
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Let Us Wage A Moral And Political War Against War Itself, So That We Can Cut Military Spending And Use That Money For Human Needs.
Military
War
Cutting
Families Are Struggling To Put Bread On The Table, Send Their Kids To College And Take Care Of Their Basic Needs. America Needs A Political Revolution.
Struggle
Kids
College
It's Very Easy To Make Fun Of George W.bush, But That Ain't Going To Do It. What We Have To Do Is Knock On Doors And Go Into Communities Where There Are People Who Disagree With Us On Certain Issues.and We Have To Talk To Them. They're Our Friends. They're Our Allies. They're Our Co-workers. We Can't See Them As Enemies.
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I Would Love To Have The Endorsement Of Every Progressive Organization In America. We're Very Proud To Have Received Recently The Endorsement Of Moveon.org. We've Received The Endorsement Democracy For America. These Are Grassroots Organizations Representing Millions Of Workers.
America
Organization
Democracy
I Think We've Got A Number Of States Coming Up That We're Going To Do Extremely Well And Possibly Winning, Including California And New York State.so I Think We Do Have A Path To Victory.
New York
Winning
Thinking
I Want Trump To Send Out A Tweet Saying That He's Going To Keep His Campaign Promises. He's Not Going To Cut Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid.
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Medicare And Medicaid
Promise
Should A Small Business Or A Large Business Be Able To Pollute The Water Or The Air Or The Food? No, I Hope You Don't Believe That.
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Air
Water
The Truth Is That Political Consciousness In This Country Is Pretty Low... To The Degree That We Can Help Educate And Organize People Around The Most Important Issues Facing Their Lives And Show That There Is Support For Fundamental Changes In The Way We Do Business In The United States Of America In Terms Of Income Inequality, In Terms Of Low Wages, In Terms Of Disastrous Trade Policies, In Terms Of Being The Only Major Country Not To Have A National Healthcare Program - That's Success.
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America
Issues
Country Must Confront What He Called Institutional Racism. [we Should] Create A Country Which Provides Economic, Social And Environmental Justice For All.
Country
Justice For All
Racism
I Think What The Secretary Hillary Clinton Has Recognized Is The American People Are Extremely Angry About The Power Of Wall Street, The Greed, The Illegal Behavior Of Wall Street.
Wall
Thinking
People
Corporations Are Not Going To Stash Their Money In The Cayman Islands. We Are Going To Reinvest In America, Create Jobs, Make Education Available To All.
Jobs
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America
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.
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Don't Underestimate Me.
Underestimate
Underestimate Me
In America, We Are Living In A Society Which Is Moving More And More Toward An Oligarchic Form Of Society Where Government Is Dominated Heavily By Big-money Interests.
Moving
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America
In Many Respects, This Country Is Becoming An Oligarchy, With A Tiny Percentage Of America Owning The Media, Owning The Country.
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Media
America
To The Degree That Mr. Trump Is Serious About Pursuing Policies That Improve The Lives Of Working Families In America, I And Other Progressives Are Prepared To Work With Him. To The Degree That He Pursues Racist, Sexist, Xenophobic And Anti-environment Policies, We Will Vigorously Oppose Him.
America
Degrees
Racist
If You Take Donations From Wall Street, You Can't Be Independent.
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Independent
Donation
The United States Must Lead The World In Reversing Climate Change. We Can Do That.
Climate
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World
We Cannot Go Back To A Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Islamophobic Type Of Society.
Racist
Sexist
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We Did Phenomenally Well With Young People. I Think We Did Well With Working Class People.
Thinking
Class
People
I Come From A Rural State. People Drive 50, 100 Miles To And From Work Every Single Day. That Is True All Over America.
America
People
States
I Do Believe That In The Future, Not By Dismantling What We Have Here - I Helped Write That Bill - But By Moving Forward, Rallying The American People, I Do Believe We Should Have Health Care For All.
Moving Forward
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Writing
In Germany, College Tuition Is Free. In America, College Tuition Is Increasingly Unaffordable. In A Highly Competitive Global Economy, Which Country Do You Think Will Have The Best Educated Work Force And A Competitive Advantage? We Must Make Tuition Free In Public Colleges And Universities And Substantially Reduce Interest Rates On Student Loans.
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College
I Have Been In The Democratic Caucus In The Senate For Over 24 Years.
Years
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Democratic
I Have One Of The Strongest Records In Fighting For Senior Citizens. I Led The Effort To Prevent Cuts To Social Security. But I Think For Some Seniors, They Remember The "evil Empire" Of The Soviet Union. They Conflated The Term "democratic Socialism" With Communism.
Senior
Fighting
Cutting
I Am Not A Great Fan Of The Payroll Tax Holiday Because I'm Nervous About What It Does To The Future Of Social Security.
Holiday
Payroll Tax
Fans
So As A Nation, We Have A Right To Be Very Proud Of The Successes That We Have Seen Because Of The Struggle Of Millions Of People To Create A Less Discriminatory Society. That Is Something We Should Be Proud Of, But There Is One Struggle In Which Not Only Have We Not Succeeded But In Which We Are Losing Ground And That Is The Fundamental Struggle For Economic Justice.
Struggle
People
Justice
Donald Trump's Language Has Been Atrocious, His Behavior Toward Women.
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Behavior
Trump
Vermont Is Such A Small State, And The Most Money That's Ever Been Spent In The History Of Political Campaigns There Is $2 Million. That Number Is Going To Be Surpassed Many Times. Vermont Remains A "cheap State" For The Republican National Committee. So Putting $5 Or $10 Million Into Vermont - Compared To New York Or California Or Illinois - That's Small Potatoes.
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Illinois
California
I've Lost Six Different Times. You Can't Say, 'well, He Lost, That's The End Of The World.' You Have To Say, 'okay, You Lost, What Did We Do Wrong?
Different
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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.
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Views
Years
I Would Like To See Somebody Who Speaks For The Underdog, For The People Who Don`t Have This In Healthcare Benefits. So I Would Like To See A Candidate Who Has The Guts To Opposition That America Could Be A Land For All People, Not Just The Land Control By The Super Rich.
Land
America
People
When We Talk About Power, We Talk About Wall Street.
Wall
Streets
We`re Not Going To Let The United States Continue To Have One Of The Highest Rates Of Childhood Poverty In The Industrialized World In - At A Time When We`re Seeing A Proliferation Of Millionaires And Billionaires.
Childhood
United States
World
The American People Understand That It Is Grotesquely Unfair - We Are A Society That Prides Itself On Fairness, That Prides Itself On Equal Opportunity, And People Are Looking Out And Seeing, Since The Great Recession Of 2008, 99 Percent Of All New Income Going To The Top 1 Percent.
Pride
Opportunity
People
I Am The Longest- Serving Independent In The History Of The United States Congress. People Of Vermont Sent Me To Washington As An Independent. That Is True.
Independent
People
United States
This Country Is Never Going To Move Forward Unless We End Republican Rule In The House And Senate.
Country
Moving
House
I Talked To A Lot Of Black Lives Activists In Various States. What I Learned Is That The Relationship Of Police Departments Around The Country With The Black Community Is Far, Far More Severe And Awful Than I Had Originally Known.
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Community
Police
There Is Something Fundamentally Wrong About The Way We [americans] Are Moving As A Country, When Billionaires Are Able To Buy Elections As A Result Of Citizens United. There`s Something Fundamentally Wrong When 99 Percent Of All New Income Goes To The Top 1 Percent.
Country
Moving
Able
These Are The Same People Who Believe, In Some Cases, The Federal Government Should Not Play Any Role In Providing Health Care To Our People Or Protecting The Environment.
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Government
Play
I Will Challenge Anybody With Regard To My Record On Lgbt Issues.
Issues
Challenges
Records
It Would, I Think, Be Hard For Anyone To Make The Case That The United States Is A Just Society Or Anything Close To A Just Society. In America Today, There Is Massive Injustice In Terms Of Income And Wealth Inequality. Injustice Is Rampant.
Thinking
America
United States
Real Freedom Must Include Economic Security.
Real
Economic
Security
It's Immoral And Wrong That The Top 1 Percent Of The Usa Owns Almost As Much Wealth As The Bottom 90 Percent. We Should Look At Countries Like Denmark And Sweden And Norway And Look At What They've Accomplished For Their Working People.
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Usa
People
Nobody Who Works 40 Hours A Week Should Be Living In Poverty.
Poverty
Week
Hours
I Think The Democratic Party Has Got To Make Fundamental Choices.
Party
Thinking
Choices
I Went Back To A Small Town In Poland Where My Dad Grew Up. It Was A Very Traumatic Experience For Me As A Young Man To Know That My Father's Family Were Killed By Nazis, Killed By Hitler. And That Left, You Know, If Not Intellectually, At Least An Emotional Part Of Me Which Said, God, We Have Got To Do Everything We Can To End This Kind Of Horrific Racism Or Anti-semitism. And I Have Spent Much Of My Life Trying To Fight That.
Dad
Father
Fighting
We Need An Energy Revolution By Breaking Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels, Polluting Fuels... I Am Very, Very Confident Our Small State Will Lead This. We Will Be Noticed By The Country And The World.
Country
Energy
Needs
Rescind The Appointment Of [steve] Bannon. We Will Not Be Involved In The Expansion Of Bigotry, Of Racism, Sexism, Homophobia.
Racism
Expansion
Sexism
We Are The Only Major Country On Earth That Doesn't Guarantee Health Care To All People As A Right And Yet We End Up Spending Much More Than They Do, So I Do Believe That We Have To Move Toward A Medicare For All, Single-payer System.
Country
Believe
Moving
We Must Fight To Carry Out His Radical And Bold Vision For America.
Fighting
America
Vision
A Job Should Lift Workers Out Of Poverty, Not Keep Them In It.
Jobs
Minimum Wage
Poverty
Climate Change Is Real, Caused By Human Activity And Already Devastating Our Nation And Planet. The United States Must Lead The World In Combating Climate Change And Transforming Our Energy System Away From Fossil Fuels And Toward Energy Efficiency And Sustainability.
Real
United States
Fuel
At A Time Of Massive Inequality, I Think We Can Raise Substantial Sums Of Revenue To Address The Needs Of Working Families, The Elderly, And The Children, By Asking Those People Who Are Doing Phenomenally Well To Start Paying Their Fair Share.
Children
Thinking
Elderly
When Hillary Clinton Ran Against Senator [barack] Obama She Thought Him Naive Because He Thought It Was A Good Idea To Talk To Our Enemies. I Think Those Are Exactly The People You Have To Talk To And You Have To Negotiate With.
Thinking
Ideas
People
Democracy Is One Person, One Vote And A Full Discussion Of The Issues That Affect Us. Oligarchy Is Billionaires Buying Elections, Voter Suppression And A Concentrated Corporate Media Determining What We See, Hear And Read.
Media
Issues
Democracy
The Only Way Change Happens Is When People Become More Significantly Involved In The Political Process. We Have To Increase Voter Turnout And Citizen Participation So That People Know What's Going On And Demand A Government That Works For Everybody And Not Just The One Percent.
Government
People
Political
You Can't Become A Billionaire Stepping Over Children Sleeping On The Street.
Children
Sleep
Billionaire
It's Time To Make Our Government Work For All Of Us... And Not Just The 1%.
Government
Government Work
Fifty Years Ago, Great Schools Like The University Of California And The City University Of New York - As Well As Many State Colleges - Were Tuition Free. Today College Is Unaffordable For Many Working Class Families. For The Sake Of Our Economy And Millions Of Americans, We Must Make Higher Education More Affordable.
New York
School
College
The Disastrous Invasion Of Iraq, Something That I Strongly Opposed, Has Unraveled The Region.
Iraq
Invasion
Regions
Let Us Wage A Moral And Political War Against The Gross Wealth And Income Inequality... ...let Us Understand That When We Stand Together, We Will Always Win.
War
Winning
Political
Real Change Never Occurs From The Top On Down, [but] Always From The Bottom On Up.
Real
Real Change
Bottom
Social Security Has Nothing To Do With The Deficit.
Social
Deficit
Security
I Am Proud Of The Campaign That We Ran. Obviously, I Wish We Could Have Done A Little Bit Better.
Wish
Campaigns
Done
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.
Jobs
Fighting
Views
It's Not In The Interest Of The Corporations Who Own The Networks To Actually Be Educating The American People So That Are Debating The Real Issues. It's Much Better To Deflect Attention Away From Issues And Get Into The Story Of The Day.
Real
People
Attention
If Elected President I Will Have A Litmus Test In Terms Of My Nominee To Be A Supreme Court Justice. And The Nominee Will Say, We Are Going To Overturn This Disastrous Decision On Citizens United Because That Decision Is Undermining American Democracy. I Do Not Believe That Billionaires Should Be Allowed To Buy Politicians.
Believe
Justice
Decision
The American People Are Growing Extremely Unhappy With Establishment Politics, With Establishment Economics, And You Know What Else? Even With Establishment Media.
Media
People
Unhappy
I Am Going To Do My Best To Try To Create A Country In Which Children Are Not Living In Poverty, In Which Kids Can Go To College, In Which Old People Have Health Care. Will I Succeed? I Can't Guarantee You That, But I Can Tell You That From A Human Point Of View It Is Better To Show Up Than To Give Up.
Country
Children
Giving Up
I Think Donald Trump Is Totally Unfit To Be President Of The United States. Let's Not Forget, This Guy Was One Of The Leaders Of The So-called Birther Movement, Which Was An Effort To Delegitimize The Presidency Of The First African-american President We Have Ever Had.
Thinking
Effort
Guy
The Cuban Economy Is A Disaster. No, I Do Not Praise Fidel Castro.
Praise
Economy
Cuban
If We Can Create A Climate Among People That Says That Any Serious Candidate For President, Senate, Governor, [the] House Is Going To Have To Talk About Income Inequality, Raising Wages In America, Trade Policy - That's A Huge Success. It's Not Putting Pressure On A Candidate. It's Mobilizing People.
America
People
House
We Are Moving In Exactly The Wrong Direction In Higher Education. Forty Years Ago, Tuition In Some Of The Great American Public Universities And Colleges Was Virtually Free. Today, The Cost Is Unaffordable For Many Working Class Families. Higher Education Must Be A Right For All - Not Just Wealthy Families.
Moving
College
Years
The Good News Is That The American People, Not Just The African-american Community Are Saying Enough Is Enough. You Can`t Hold People In Custody And Suddenly Find Out That They Are Dead. You Can`t Shoot People In The Back.
People
Community
African American
Approximately 82% Of The American People Believe Labeling Should Take Place With Regard To Genetically Engineered Ingredients. All Over This Country People Are Increasingly Concerned About The Quality Of The Food They Are Ingesting And The Food They Are Giving To Their Kids. People Want To Know What Is In Their Food, And I Believe That Is A Very Reasonable Request.
Country
Believe
Kids
Do The Elected Officials In Washington Stand With Ordinary Americans - Working Families, Children, The Elderly, The Poor - Or Will The Extraordinary Power Of Billionaire Campaign Contributors And Big Money Prevail? The American People, By The Millions, Must Send Congress The Answer To That Question.
Children
Elderly
People
To My Mind, What Is Most Important Now Is The Defeating Of The Worst Candidate For President That I Have Seen In My Lifetime, Donald Trump, Who Is Not Qualified To Be President By Temperament, Not Qualified To Be President By The Ideas That He Has Brought Forth.
Mind
Important
President
We Must Never Allow Demagogues To Divide Us Up By Race, By Religion, By National Origin, By Gender, Or Sexual Orientation. Black And Whites, Latino, Asian-american, Native American, Christian, Jew, Muslim, And Every Religion - Straight Or Gay, Male Or Female - We Must Stand Together. This Country Belongs To All Of Us.
Christian
Country
Native American
Giving Up Is Not An Option If We Want To Prevent Irreparable Harm To Our Planet.
Giving Up
Irreparable Harm
Want
When You Have Kids That Have No Jobs And Are Not In School, Too Often They Get Themselves Into Trouble. So What We Have Got To Do Is Invest In Education And In Jobs, Something Which I Have Fought For, Rather Than More Jails And Incarceration.
Jobs
School
Kids
Every Person In This Country Who Has The Desire And Ability Should Be Able To Get All The Education They Need Regardless Of The Income Of Their Family. This Is Not A Radical Idea. In Germany, Scandinavia And Many Other Countries, Higher Education Is Either Free Or Very Inexpensive. We Must Do The Same.
Education
Country
College
I Prefer To Stay On The Important Issues Facing The American People.
Issues
People
Important
And The Reason That I Was One Of The First, Not One Of The Last To Be In Opposition To The Tpp Is That American Workers Should Not Be Forced To Compete Against People In Vietnam Today Making A Minimum Wage Of $0.65 An Hour. Look, What We Have Got To Do Is Tell Corporate America That They Cannot Continue To Shut Down. We've Lost 60,000 Factories Since 2001. They're Going To Start Having To, If I'm President, Invest In This Country - Not In China, Not In Mexico.
Country
America
People
[iranians] Are A Sponsor Of Terrorism Around The World And We Have To Address That.
World
Addresses
Terrorism
I Don't Think Any Sensible Person Would Disagree That The Invasion Of Iraq Led To The Massive Level Of Instability That We're Seeing Right Now. I Think That Was One Of The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders In The Modern History Of The United States.
Thinking
Iraq
Levels
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.
Brother
Thinking
Ideas
You Want To Know The Way To Raise Money? Put A Transaction Fee On Wall Street, So Maybe We Can Curb Some Of The Speculation And Raise Some Money.
Wall
Want
Way
I Come From A State That Has Virtually No Gun Control. And Yet, At Political Peril, I Voted For An Instant Background Check, Which I Want To See Strengthened And Expanded. I Voted To Ban Certain Types Of Assault Weapons Which Are Designed Only To Kill People.
Gun
Assault Weapons
People
Wish We Could, And Allow The Taliban Or Anybody Else To Reclaim That Country. But What We Must Do Is Some Progress In Iraq, Where Finally The Iraqi Army, Which Has Not Been A Particularly Effective Fighting Force, Retook Ramadi.
Country
Fighting
Army
Americans' Right To Free Speech Should Not Be Proportionate To Their Bank Accounts.
Media
Speech
Bank Accounts
When I Was In The House For 16 Years, I Caucused With The Democrats.
Years
House
Democrat
I'm Not That Much Of A Socialist Compared To Eisenhower.
Socialist
We Had The Opposition Of Virtually The Entire Democratic Leadership In Every State In This Country.
Country
States
Democratic
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.
Military
War
Thinking
During The Last Two Years The Wealthiest 14 Americans Saw Their Wealth Increase By $157 Billion. This Is Truly Unbelievable. This $157 Billion Increase In Wealth Among 14 Individuals Is More Wealth That Is Owned, Collectively, By 130 Million Americans. This Country Does Not Survive Morally, Economically Or Politically When So Few Have So Much, And So Many Have So Little.
Country
Years
Two
There Is A Reason Why These People [from Wall Street] Are Putting Huge Amounts Of Money Into Our Political System. And In My View, It Is Undermining American Democracy And It Is Allowing Congress To Represent Wealthy Campaign Contributors And Not The Working Families Of This Country.
Country
Wall
Views
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.
Home
School
Thinking
I Am Very Proud To Be The Only Candidate Up Here Who Does Not Have A Super Pac, Who's Not Raising Huge Sums Of Money From Wall Street...
Wall
Doe
Proud
For Better Or Worse, When Sen. Inhofe Speaks, The Republican Party Follows. And When The Republican Party Follows, It Is Impossible To Get Real Work Done In The Congress.
Real
Party
Done
What Does A Political Revolution Look Like? It Means That 80 Percent Of The People Vote In National Elections, Not 40 Percent. It Means That Billionaires Can't Make Unlimited Campaign Contributions And Buy And Sell Politicians. It Means That The U.s. Government Represents The Needs Of All The People, Not Just The 1 Percent And Their Lobbyists.
Mean
Government
Political Revolution
We Need Real Tax Reform Which Makes The Rich And Profitable Corporations Begin To Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes. We Need A Tax System Which Is Fair And Progressive. Children Should Not Go Hungry In This Country While Profitable Corporations And The Wealthy Avoid Their Tax Responsibilities By Stashing Their Money In The Cayman Islands.
Country
Children
Real
Here's What Income And Wealth Inequality Is About. Last Year, The Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Made More Than 24 Billion, Enough To Pay The Salaries Of 425,000 Public School Teachers. This Level Of Inequality Is Neither Moral Or Sustainable
Teacher
School
Years
Now All Of The Ideas That I'm Talking About, They Are Not Radical Ideas. Making Public Colleges And Universities Tuition Free, That Exists In Countries All Over The World, Used To Exist In The United States. Rebuilding Our Crumbling Infrastructure, And Creating 13 Million Jobs By Doing Away With Tax Loopholes That Large Corporations Now Enjoy By Putting Their Money Into The Cayman Islands And Other Tax Havens. That Is Not A Radical Idea.
Country
Jobs
College
In The United States Today We Have The Most Unequal Wealth And Income Distribution Of Any Major Country On Earth - Worse Than At Any Time Since The 1920s. This Is An Economy That Must Be Changed In Fundamental Ways.
Country
Income Distribution
United States
Obviously In The Next Few Months We Have Got To Do Everything That We Can To Make Sure That Donald Trump, Who In My View Is The Worst, Least-prepared Candidate For President In My Lifetime. Number Two, We've Got To Obviously Elect Hillary Clinton.
Numbers
Views
Two
The Good News Is That We've Seen In Recent Years Significant Reductions In The Cost Of Solar Panels And Wind Production. We Know How Significant An Impact We Can Have By Moving Towards Energy Efficiency And Transforming Our Transportation System. So We Know What Has To Be Done. We Have To Develop The Political Will To Do It, And, As President, This Would Be An Issue Of Huge Concern To Me.
Moving
Political Will
Years
What This [presidency] Campaign Is About This Bringing Millions Of People Jobs In This Country.
Country
Jobs
People
People All Over This Country Are Shouting At Each Other. And What We Need To Do Is Bring People Together To Work On The Agreement Where There Is Broad Consensus And That's What I Intend To Do.
Country
Agreement
People
We Are Going To Fight To Pass The Long Over-due Equal Rights Amendment.
Fighting
Rights
Long
The American People Want To Raise The Minimum Wage. Every Poll Tells Us That. That Bill Will Not Get To The Floor Of The Senate. The American People Want To Ask The Rich To Pay More In Taxes. But The Legislation That Will Get To The Floor Is Tax Breaks For Billionaires.
People
Minimum Wage
Want
The Affordable Care Act Has Clearly, As Secretary Clinton Made The Point, Done A Lot Of Good Things, But, What It Has Not Done Is Dealt With The Fact We Have 29 Million People Today Who Have Zero Health Insurance, We Have Even More Who Are Underinsured With Large Deductibles And Copayments And Prescription Drug Prices Are Off The Wall.
Zero
Wall
People
I Don't Believe There's A Red State In America Where People Believe You Should Cut Medicare, Social Security And Veterans' Benefits Rather Than Doing Away With Corporate Tax Loopholes.
Believe
Cutting
America
The Right Wing In This Country Is Waging A War Against Women, And Let Me Be Very Clear, It Is Not A War That We Are Going To Allow Them To Win.
Country
War
Winning
Bernie Sanders Did Not Wake Up Last Night With This Great Idea That We Should Guarantee Health Care To All People As A Right. Actually, It Exists In Every Other Major Country On Earth. You Don't Know That, Because The Media Has Forgotten To Tell You That. But It Does Exist. In Denmark, Because Of Union Negotiations, The Minimum Wage Is About $20 An Hour. In Germany, You Go To College Tuition-free. In Finland, They Actually Pay You To Go To College. Now, You Don't Know That In America Because Cbs Forgot To Tell You. But That Is The Reality.
Country
Night
Reality
I Think It Is Now Widely Understood That The So-called "war On Drugs" Has Largely Been A Failure. Too Many People Have Developed Criminal Records For Smoking Marijuana. Too Many People Have Gone To Jail For Nonviolent Crimes. So I Think It's Important For Us To Rethink The War On Drugs.
War
Thinking
Marijuana
I Think It Makes People In The Pentagon Kind Of Nervous To Know That Chemical Agents And Environmental Factors Could Cause So Much Damage In Terms Of What May Happen In The Future.
Thinking
Environmental Factors
People
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.
Country
People
Care
I Think In Terms Of Who Can Be Trusted, I Think The Evidence Is Clear That There Has Been No Candidate That I Have Ever Seen Who Lies More Often Than Does Donald Trump. I Mean And That's Just Not Me Saying It, That's What Any Independent Media Analysis Has Shown. So In Terms Of Trust, You Really Can't Trust A Word, I Think, That Mr. Trump Has To Say.
Lying
Mean
Independent
I Think If We're Looking At Lasting Peace In The Middle East, The United States Has Got To Respect The Needs Of The Palestinian People. They Cannot Be Pushed Aside.
Thinking
People
United States
Israel's Right To Exist In Peace And Security Is Not In Debate.
Israel
Debate
Peace And Security
I Fully, Fully Concede That Secretary Hillary Clinton, Who Was Secretary Of State For Four Years, Has More Experience - Hat Is Not Arguable - In Foreign Affairs.
Years
Four
Hats
The American People Are Sick And Tired Of Hearing About Your [hillary Clinton] Damn E-mails!
Tired
People
Sick
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.
Marijuana
People
Alcohol
The Struggle To Create A Nation And World Of Economic And Social Justice And Environmental Sanity Is Not An Easy One. The Struggle To Try And Create A More Peaceful World Will Be Extremely Difficult. But This I Know: Despair Is Not An Option If We Care About Our Kids And Grandchildren. Giving Up Is Not An Option If We Want To Prevent Irreparable Harm To Our Planet.
Giving Up
Struggle
Kids
Any Idiot, Especially One Who Is Prepared To Die, Who Has A Gun, Can Start Shooting Up People.
Gun
People
Shooting Up
How Can The United States Be Competitive Globally If Higher Education Is Unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland And Sweden Have No Tuition For College. Other Countries Have Low Tuition. We Need The Best Educated Workforce In The World. Instead Of Spending Endless Amounts On The Military, We Need To Invest In Our Young People.
Education
Country
Military
For Many, The American Dream Has Become A Nightmare.
Dream
American Dream
Nightmare
The Only Way Change Happens Is When People Become More Significantly Involved In The Political Process.
People
Political
Way
Today, The United States Is No. 1 In Corporate Profits, No. 1 In Ceo Salaries, No. 1 In Childhood Poverty And No. 1 In Income And Wealth Inequality In The Industrialized World.
Childhood
United States
Salary
If There Is A Large Voter Turnout, Not Only Do We Retain The White House, But I Think We Regain The Senate. We Win Governors' Chairs Up And Down The Line. So I Believe If You Want To Retain The White House, If You Want To See Democrats Do Well Across The Board, I Think Our Campaign Is The One That Creates The Large Voter Turnout And Helps Us Win.
Believe
Thinking
Winning
I Think Our Trade Policies, For Many, Many Years, Have Been A Disaster. They Have Benefited Corporate America At The Expense Of Working People.
Thinking
Years
America
I Will Tell You Is The Antidote To [donald] Trump Is A Very Strong Progressive Agenda That Says, Yes, I Know You`re Angry. And You Know What? You Should Be Angry Because You`re Working Longer Hours For Low Wages. You Have A Right To Be Bitter And You Have A Right To Be That.
Strong
Wages
Agendas
As The Nation At Last Confronts Global Warming, It Is No Time For Denial, Greed, Cynicism Or Pessimism.
Greed
Denial
Lasts
I Don't Believe In Trashing My Opponents. I've Never Run A Negative Ad In My Life. I Believe In Talking About Issues, Sometimes Fighting For The Media To Talk About The Issues, But That's What I Do, And The People Will Decide.
Running
Believe
Fighting
I Am A Fierce Supporter Of Planned Parenthood, Naral, And Gay Rights In This Country.
Country
Gay
Rights
Donald Trump Said: I, Donald Trump, Yes, I Am Going To Take On The Entire Establishment. I'm Going To Take On The Political Establishment. I Am Going To Take On The Economic Establishment. I'm Going To Take On The Media Establishment. And I Think A Lot Of People Responded Positively To That Message.
Thinking
Media
People
Big Business Is Willing To Destroy The Planet For Short-term Profits
Planets
Bigs
Profit
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.
Country
Strong
Fighting
If The Goal Of Health-care Reform Is To Provide Comprehensive, Universal Health Care In A Cost-effective Way, The Only Honest Approach Is A Single-payer Approach.
Goal
Reform
Cost
I Do Not Believe That We Must Maintain A Bloated Military Budget Which Spends Almost As Much As The Rest Of The World Combined And May Lead Us To Perpetual Warfare In The Middle East.
Military
Believe
Middle East
We Must Fundamentally Restructure Our Student Loan Program. It Makes No Sense That Students And Their Parents Are Forced To Pay Interest Rates For Higher Education Loans That Are Much Higher Than They Pay For Car Loans Or Housing Mortgages.
Car
Parent
Pay
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.
Stupid
Thinking
People
I've Run For Statewide Office Plenty Of Times, And People Know Me.
Running
People
Office
The Middle Class In America Is At A Tipping Point. It Will Not Last Another Generation If We Don't Boldly Change Course Now.
Change
America
Class
The Palestinian People's Needs Must Be Respected.
People
Needs
Palestinian
On Many, Many Issues, Hillary Clinton's Views Are Progressive. In Many Areas, They Are Awesome. Where They're Not Progressive, We've Got To Push Her, And The Day After The Election, I Will Mobilize Millions Of People To Make Sure That We Make Her The Most Progressive President That She Can Be.
Views
Issues
People
I Worry Very Much About Kids Growing Up In A Society Where They Think: "i'm Not Going To Talk About This Issue, Read This Book Or Explore This Idea Because Someone May Think I'm A Terrorist." That's Not The Kind Of Free Society I Want For Our Children.
Children
Growing Up
Book
People Are Tired Of Working Longer Hours For Lower Wages, Of Seeing Decent Paying Jobs Go To China And Other Low-wage Countries, Of Billionaires Not Paying Any Federal Income Taxes And Of Not Being Able To Afford A College Education For Their Kids - All While The Very Rich Become Much Richer.
Country
Jobs
Tired
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.
Country
Thinking
Issues
I'm Not Really Opposed To People Changing Their Minds. I'm Much More Concerned With People Who Never Change Their Minds No Matter What New Information Is Available.
People
Mind
Information
We've Had A Number Of Economists Supporting Our Legislation. And Here's Where We Are. The American People Can Judge. Six Largest Financial Institutions In America Today Have Assets Of Roughly $10 Trillion; Equivalent To 58 Percent Of The Gdp Of The United States Of America.
Gdp
Numbers
America
We Have To Enforce The Individual Mandate. We're Losing A Lot Of Money That Is Not Coming Into The System.
Losing
Individual
The Democratic Party Has Been Very Strong In A Lot Of Areas, In Fighting To Make Our Country A Less Discriminatory Country. And That Is Enormously Important.
Country
Strong
Party
In 30 Years Of Public Service, I Have Had No Scandals. I Have High Ethical Standards. I Am Most Proud Of My Judgement, That Kind Of Judgement Is What We Want In A President Going Forward. I Want To Be A Peacemaker.
Ethical Standards
Years
Judgement
The Goal Of Real Healthcare Reform Must Be High-quality, Universal Coverage In A Cost-effective Way.
Real
Healthcare Reform
Goal
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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