E. P. Sanders Quotes

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

If you look good, you feel good, If you feel good, you play good, If you play good, they pay good.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

If you can't afford to take care of your #‎ veterans , then don't go to war.

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

The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process.

If the environment were a bank, it would have been saved by now

Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are destroying the middle class of America.

If your dream ain't bigger than you, there's a problem with your dream.

Nobody who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty.

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.

A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932 ... and 50 million people died as a result ... what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important.

Water covers two-thirds of the Earth. I cover the rest.

You know, I think many people have the mistaken impression that Congress regulates Wall Street. In truth that's not the case. The real truth is that Wall Street regulates the Congress.

I expect to be great. I expect to do what hasn't been done. I expect to provoke change.

Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their bank accounts.

If you don't believe in yourself how will somebody else believe in you?

We can have paid family and medical leave. We can make public colleges and universities tuition-free. These are not revolutionary, radical ideas. They're kind of common sense.

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

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

My path to victory is to talk about the issues that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

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.

Look good, play good. Play good, eat good. Eat good, die good.

I'm not really opposed to people changing their minds. I'm much more concerned with people who never change their minds no matter what new information is available.

We need to change the power structure in America, we need to end the political oligarchy.

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.

Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in this country who are hurting.

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we see, hear and read.

The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team

A job should lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it.

We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up.

When you say I committed adultery, are you stating before the marriage of 1996 or prior to?

In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.

Every new concept first comes to the mind in a judgment.

The government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of the wealthy.

I was kinda scared. I thought Detroit was gonna take me. I would've asked them for so much money they would have to put me on layaway.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

What separates us is that we expect to be great.

Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.

We have got to change the political culture in America. We need a political revolution. That means we are working on politics not just three weeks before an election but 365 days a year.