Sayings
Twelve quotations from Sanders — quoted verbatim, each with its venue and date. Lines he has repeated at many events are labeled as recurring.
“Not me. Us.”
“Not me. Us.”
Source: Slogan of Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign, announced February 19, 2019. The line became the campaign’s central motto, printed on signs and merchandise.
“The political revolution continues.”
“The political revolution continues.”
Source: Live online address to supporters, June 16, 2016, following the end of the 2016 primary season.
“In my view, the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!”
“In my view, the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails!”
Source: First Democratic presidential primary debate, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 13, 2015. The line, directed at the email-controversy coverage of Hillary Clinton, drew one of the night’s biggest audience reactions.
“Any objective observer will conclude that — based on her ideas and her leadership — Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.”
“Any objective observer will conclude that — based on her ideas and her leadership — Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.”
Source: Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2016.
“I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.”
“I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president.”
Source: Joint endorsement rally with Hillary Clinton, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 12, 2016.
“I cannot in good conscience continue to mount a campaign that cannot win and which would interfere with the important work required of all of us in this difficult hour.”
“I cannot in good conscience continue to mount a campaign that cannot win and which would interfere with the important work required of all of us in this difficult hour.”
Source: Address announcing the suspension of his presidential campaign, livestreamed April 8, 2020, during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We need you in the White House.”
“We need you in the White House.”
Source: To Joe Biden, during a joint livestream in which Sanders endorsed Biden’s presidential candidacy, April 13, 2020.
“I am once again asking for your financial support.”
“I am once again asking for your financial support.”
Source: Sanders 2020 campaign fundraising video, late 2019. The video’s blunt framing became a widely imitated internet meme.
“It makes people aware that we make good mittens in Vermont. We have some good coats, as well.”
“It makes people aware that we make good mittens in Vermont. We have some good coats, as well.”
Source: Interview, January 20, 2021, responding to the viral “mittens meme” photograph from that day’s presidential inauguration.
“I am very proud to be Jewish, and being Jewish is so much of what I am.”
“I am very proud to be Jewish, and being Jewish is so much of what I am.”
Source: CNN Democratic presidential town hall, February 2016. (Widely quoted from the broadcast; see the sources page.)
“Enough is enough!”
“Enough is enough!”
Source: Recurring rally line used throughout Sanders’s 2015–2020 campaigns. This is a line he has repeated at many events rather than a single-venue quotation; it is labeled as recurring rather than attributed to one specific date.
“The United States is the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a right.”
“The United States is the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a right.”
Source: Recurring line from Sanders’s Medicare for All remarks, used in Senate floor statements and campaign speeches from 2017 through 2023. Labeled as recurring rather than attributed to one specific date.
Source notes
The venue-and-date quotations above come from widely reported public events: the 2015 and 2016 Democratic debates, the 2016 Democratic National Convention, campaign launch and withdrawal addresses, and the January 2021 inauguration-day interviews. Recurring lines are labeled as such rather than assigned to a single venue. Full citations for the reporting used here are on the sources page.
Factual baseline: September 2026.