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.
Bernie SandersWe need to change the power structure in America, we need to end the political oligarchy.
Bernie SandersRescind the appointment of [Steve] Bannon. We will not be involved in the expansion of bigotry, of racism, sexism, homophobia.
Bernie SandersObviously 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.
Bernie SandersThe American people in my view will never support a candidate whose major theme is bigotry.
Bernie SandersOne of the ongoing crises in America is institutional racism. We have a very broken criminal justice system. We live in a country where there are more people in jail than any other country on Earth. There are some 2.2 million people currently incarcerated and they are disproportionally African American and Hispanic. Unarmed African Americans have been abused and sometimes killed while in police custody. Clearly these are issues that must be dealt with and changed.
Bernie Sanders