“Social Security, which transformed life for the elderly in this countr...” — Bernie Sanders Quote

“Social Security, which transformed life for the elderly in this country, was 'socialist.' The concept of the 'minimum wage' was seen as a radical intrusion into the marketplace and was described as 'socialist.'”

“The Koch brothers, through the expenditure of billions of dollars and the creation and support of dozens of extreme right organizations, have taken fringe extremist ideas and made them mainstream within the Republican Party.”

“I am a socialist; of course I am a socialist. To hold a vision that society can be fundamentally different, to believe that all people can be equal - that is not a new idea.”

“We still have people in the active duty, and if people are feeling ill, if they're experiencing various symptoms and they're still in the active duty, they're less likely to come forward because that could result in their medical discharge.”

“At the current $5.15 an hour, the federal minimum wage has become a poverty wage. A full-time worker with one child lives below the official poverty line.”

“Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.”

“Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.”

“For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art.”

“Almost everybody accepts that some people can be killed. 'The concept of 'brain death' - the belief that people on respirators can legitimately be killed - shows that.”

“I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.”

“I have always been interested in the concept of ruin.”