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.

As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism.

In my view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign.

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.

Why is it that two-thirds of white, rural men voted Republican? Why? That's what we have to address. That's crazy. These people are working longer and longer hours.

When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.

When we talk about power, we talk about Wall Street.