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

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

"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."

"Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win."

"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."

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

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

"To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in the country."

"You go to your public library, or you call your fire department or police department, what do you think you are calling? These are socialist institutions."

"I think there are a lot of people who, when they hear the word 'socialist,' get very, very nervous."

"It used to be that I was known as 'the longest-serving independent in the history of the United States Congress,' which is true. Now I'm a 'self-professed democratic socialist.' Things change when you run for president."

"Bill Clinton is a moderate Democrat. I'm a democratic socialist."

"I certainly did not know what the word 'socialism' meant growing up, because I was brought up in a very nonpolitical family. My brother was somewhat active, but my parents were not."

"Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society, the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes."

"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.'"

"Democratic socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy."

"Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United and end the movement toward oligarchy that we are seeing in this country."

"We have got to defeat Donald Trump, and we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine."

"It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and I disagree on a number of issues."

"Our job is to do two things - to defeat Donald Trump and to elect Hillary Clinton. It is easy to boo, but it is harder to look your kids in the face if we are living under a Trump presidency."

"Any objective observer will conclude that - based on her ideas and her leadership - Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States."

"Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens United!"

"Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues!"

"Let me thank the 2 1/2 million Americans who helped fund our campaign with an unprecedented 8 million individual campaign contributions. Anyone know what that average contribution was? That's right, $27."

"But what I intend to do, the day after Hillary Clinton is elected president of the United States, is to do everything I can to make sure she goes forward as progressively as she can."

"Clinton understands that in a competitive global economy we need the best-educated workforce in the world. She and I worked together on a proposal that will revolutionize higher education in America."

"We have over 13 million people who supported my candidacy. And I have no doubt that there are some of those people who will not vote for Hillary Clinton."

"Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their health care exchange."

"Hillary Clinton understands that a president's job is to worry about future generations, not the short-term profits of the fossil fuel industry."

"Why, over her political career has Wall Street been a major - the major campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton? You know, maybe they're dumb and they don't know what they're going to get, but I don't think so."

"It is time for Congress to save the Postal Service, not dismantle it."

"At the insistence of the Bush administration, Congress in 2006 passed legislation that required the Postal Service to prefund, over a 10-year period, 75 years of future retiree health benefits."

"The minimum wage in Denmark is about twice that of the United States, and people who are totally out of the labor market or unable to care for themselves have a basic income guarantee of about $100 per day."

"Denmark is a small, homogenous nation of about 5.5 million people. The United States is a melting pot of more than 315 million people. No question about it, Denmark and the United States are very different countries."

"Mitt Romney's energy policy is a relic of the 19th century. We need a 21st century plan. The fate of the planet is at stake."

"The Department of Defense, the largest single energy consumer in America, is bullish on solar."

"While I may not agree with all of President Obama's energy policies, I strongly supported his successful effort to double fuel economy standards for cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025."

"Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty."

"If you want to know if your food contains gluten, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, trans-fats or MSG, you simply read the ingredients listed on the label."

"In 49 countries around the world, including all of Europe, people have the opportunity of knowing whether or not they are eating food which contains genetically engineered ingredients. In the United States, we don't."

"When a mother goes to the store and purchases food for her child, she has the right to know what she is feeding her family."

"Fossil fuel corporations are supposed to pay the government fair market royalties in exchange for the right to drill on public lands or in federal waters."

"Coal and oil lobbyists added fossil fuels to a bill aimed at helping American manufacturers, so they too could claim 'manufacturing' tax deductions."

"I have seven beautiful grandchildren, four of whom are girls."

"History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country."

"If the U.S. can transform its domestic market for HIV/AIDS drugs, it will certainly transform the world market and make HIV/AIDS drugs more affordable for everyone, everywhere."

"From the beginning, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has presented very difficult challenges."

"When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease."

"The Federal Reserve has the responsibility to protect the credit rights of consumers."

"We should make a major financial commitment to improving our roads and bridges."