E. P. Sanders Quotes

As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours.

I do not believe that we must maintain a bloated military budget which spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined and may lead us to perpetual warfare in the Middle East.

Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That's fine. But what do you do?

God prepares leaders with a specific place and task in mind. Training methods are adapted to the mission, and natural and spiritual gifts are given with clear purpose.

People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.

The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.

I don't run against Hillary Clinton. I run on the most important issues facing America.

I very strongly disagreed with President Clinton on the deregulation of Wall Street. I opposed that strenuously.

Two-thirds of the directors at the New York Fed are hand-picked by the same bankers that the Fed is in charge of regulating.

Families are struggling to put bread on the table, send their kids to college and take care of their basic needs. America needs a political revolution.

I don't dream football. I dream the American Dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.

I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.

The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.

A true proposition is a proposition belief which would never lead to such disappointment so long as the proposition is not understood otherwise than it was intended.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Don’t be against things so much as for things.

The American people are growing extremely unhappy with establishment politics, with establishment economics, and you know what else? Even with establishment media.

It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success.

Life doesn't stop with football.

A woman has the right to make decisions regarding her own body, not the United States government.

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.

If you look at our records, I stood up to corporate America time and time again. I went to Mexico. I saw the lives of people who were working in American factories and making $0.25 an hour.

It means joining with allies to deploy renewable energy technologies -- both at home and around the world -- to confront the very real and present danger of potentially irreversible climate change.

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.

Yes I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells.

The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

If I don't fish in the morning, I fish in the evening.

The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to be real tax reform, and the wealthiest and large corporations will pay.

Don't go to the dark side. Don't go bashing immigrants or Muslims.

You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.

The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.

The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your [Hillary Clinton] damn e-mails!

I know a great country that needs to be rebuilt in terms of roads, bridges, schools. That is called the United States of America.

Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and the establishment media.

We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.

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

Time lost can never be retrieved. Time cannot be hoarded, only spent well.

Hope that, in future, all is well, everyone eats free, no one must work, all just sit around feeling love for one another.

Washington is dominated by big money.

Politics in a democratic society should not be treated like a baseball game, a game show or a soap opera. The times are too serious for that.

I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of working people.

The combat [with ISIS] on the ground must be done by Muslim troops with our support. We must not get involved in perpetual warfare in the Middle East.

I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism] legislation fundamentally violates that oath.

I would say that the key doctrine of the Sanders administration would be no, we cannot continue to do it alone; we need to work in coalition.

I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything would be perfect.

Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss up.

I think if we're looking at lasting peace in the Middle East, the United States has got to respect the needs of the Palestinian people. They cannot be pushed aside.

I never wear the same shoe twice.