The middle class is collapsing and we are moving toward an oligarchic form of society, where the billionaires will control the economy and the political life of the country.

Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.

It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that system.

Debating, doubting, or rejecting the basic scientific facts about climate change in the face of the overwhelming evidence and overwhelming scientific opinion will not change those facts.

You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right.

You cannot be a party which takes money from Wall Street, which is not strong on the pharmaceutical industry, which is ripping us off every day, which is not strong on health care in taking on the insurance companies, which has not shown a desire to stand up and fight the economic establishment, and then tell working families that you are on their side. People see through that.

As president, I will fight to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lower interest rates on student loans.