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.

What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country.

What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory loans. While the bankers wear three-piece suits and don't break the knee caps of those who can't pay back, they still are destroying people's lives.

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.

The greed of the billionaire class has got to end and we are going to end it for them.

Of course their [Cuba's] economy is terrible, but they have Health Care and education.

The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them.