Bernie Sanders Quotes

Social Security is unequivocally the one contract the country is overwhelmingly in favor of.

Social Security works better than any other program in the world. Why dismantle it now?

We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

When I look at Social Security, I consider it the most important social program in the United States, arguably the most successful program in the world.

The Social Security System is the one great social policy achievement of the twentieth century.

The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years.

Social Security is meant to be - to make sure that no one who's worked hard and played by the rules and paid into the system grows old in poverty in America.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

Social Security is the widest accepted contract in our society.

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.

The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security.

I don't support getting rid of Social Security.

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.

Social Security and Medicare are among the best things about America.

Social Security is the most important social program in America.

What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.

We got to fight to protect Social Security.

Social Security is fundamentally strong.

The Social Security Act offers to all our citizens a workable and working method of meeting urgent present needs and of forestalling future need. It utilizes the familiar machinery of our Federal-State government to promote the common welfare and the economic stability of the Nation.

To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional.

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).