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“I've worked with Bernie before all of his other advisers have. We're best friends, and we've been colleagues, and now we're husband and wife, and grandparents together, and parents.”
“I've never done gender politics - I think our vote is too important to give away on any single issue.”
“I think that education is something - it takes place in the classroom. It's all up to that teacher. We should be respecting and rewarding teachers.”
“Superdelegates, first off, I think, are silly.”
“We live by the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
“For me, the focus has to be on the individual, the worker, not on profit margins, not on stock returns, but on how do we have a wonderful community in the State of Vermont that has good jobs that keep our kids here and keeps our communities healthy.”
“If Bernie has seven sweaters, that's three too many for him.”
“Whether it's a church or politics or a corporation or a college or anywhere, leadership matters.”
“Climate change is real, and the fossil fuel industry is pouring tons and tons of money into campaign contributions. That's something to be angry about.”
“What we need to offer is a vision for the future that addresses the needs of the American people and the direction they want to go in.”
“What Trump is doing is a lot more than just talking, tweets. He is rolling back regulations, standards, destroying lives. This has to be stopped.”
“In America, the middle class, the working class, have accepted for too long now, that they should accept less.”
“I used to make fun of people who talked about going home and all that. I hadn't really thought about it at all, but I just teared up when I saw Ireland. I felt a kinship.”
“I am a voter. I have one vote, yet you're a superdelegate and count for thousands and thousands of votes. That doesn't make any sense at all.”
“One person, one vote' is what democracy is supposed to be about.”
“I tend to not worry and waste time on hypotheticals.”
“What we're looking for in a president, most importantly, is leadership. A person that will actually stand up and fight for the middle class.”
“I think when people are having a hard time, we tend to blame ourselves and think we can do better. Bernie is giving rise to their understanding that this is not an individual problem, this is a systemic problem.”
“Democracy is not always chapter and verse, written out in advance.”
“My brother was an equestrian champion.”