"And what the American people also understand is that at a time when Wall Street and corporate America and large campaign donors have so much power people instinctively understand that no President, not Bernie Sanders, not anybody else, can alone, solve enormous problems that we face."

"In Vermont, in our town meetings, we know what democracy is about. And that is one person, one vote. And that's the kind of political system we are going to fight for and are going to achieve."

"If we are going to bring people together, we need a simple, straight forward, progressive agenda, which speaks to the needs of the American people, and provides us with a vision of a very different America... The agenda begins with jobs, jobs, and more jobs. If we are serious about reversing the decline of the middle class, we need a major federal jobs program, which puts millions of people back to work at good paying jobs."

"We can live in a country were every person has healthcare as a right, not a privilege. We can live in a country where every parent can have quality and affordable childcare, and where all of our qualified young people can get a college education, regardless of their income."