We need to demilitarize local police departments so that they do not look like occupying armies. We want police departments that look like the communities they are serving.
Bernie SandersI want to say something, and it may sound harsh, not to you, but to the American people. In a sense, in my view, the business model of Wall Street is fraud. It's fraud. I believe that corruption is rampant, and the fact that major bank after major bank has reached multi billion dollar settlements with the United States government when we have a weak regulator system tells me that not only did we have to bail them out once, if we don't start breaking them up, we're going to have to bail them out again, and I do not want to see that happen.
Bernie SandersWe live in a country where a small number of people have incredible wealth and power. America has more income and wealth inequality than any other major country.
Bernie SandersThe American people in my view will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry.
Bernie SandersI think what you've got are millions of people who are in trouble today. They really are. They're confused. They're working longer hours for lower wages. They're seeing productivity going up but their kids are worse off economically than they are. They're looking at a campaign finance system in politics and they see corruption, big money buying elections. Nobody in Congress is listening to them.
Bernie Sanders