--- title: "21 Young Quotes By Bernie Sanders" description: "21 Young quotes by Bernie Sanders. Plus more from Bernie Sanders and more Young sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/bernie-sanders-233_jail_in-my-view-one-of-the-major-reasons-that_2695803.jpg" --- > [In my view, one of the major reasons that we have so many people in jail is that we have turned our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/in-my-view-one-of-the-major-reasons-that-we-have-so-many-people-in/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/bernie-sanders-233_jail_in-my-view-one-of-the-major-reasons-that_2695803.jpg) > [When I was a young boy, I can remember in the community that I grew up in, seeing people in the community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/when-i-was-a-young-boy-i-can-remember-in-the-community-that-i-grew-up/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/bernie-sanders-233_arms_when-i-was-a-young-boy-i-can-remember-in_2633948.jpg) > [We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-are-imprisoning-or-giving-jail-sentences-to-young-people-who-are/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/bernie-sanders-233_giving_we-are-imprisoning-or-giving-jail-senten_2384521.jpg) > [Hillary Clinton understands that we have to invest in education and jobs for our young people, not more jails or incarceration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/hillary-clinton-understands-that-we-have-to-invest-in-education-and/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/bernie-sanders-233_education_hillary-clinton-understands-that-we-have_842681.jpg) > [We did phenomenally well with young people. I think we did well with working class people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-did-phenomenally-well-with-young-people-i-think-we-did-well-with/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8be/bernie-sanders-233_class_we-did-phenomenally-well-with-young-peop_216524.jpg) > [I surely remember being in the administration building sitting in long sleepless nights and working with young people to do the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-surely-remember-being-in-the-administration-building-sitting-in/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/bernie-sanders-233_administration_i-surely-remember-being-in-the-administr_1616271.jpg) > [The Democrats have got to open the door to young people. Welcome them in and understand that it will be messy, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-democrats-have-got-to-open-the-door-to-young-people-welcome-them/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/bernie-sanders-233_democracy_the-democrats-have-got-to-open-the-door_973074.jpg) > [I want to see working people and young people come into the party in a way that doesn't exist now. And you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-want-to-see-working-people-and-young-people-come-into-the-party-in/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/bernie-sanders-233_democratic_i-want-to-see-working-people-and-young-p_2165189.jpg) > [Black people are dying in this country because we have a criminal justice system which is out of control, a system in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/black-people-are-dying-in-this-country-because-we-have-a-criminal/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/bernie-sanders-233_african-american_black-people-are-dying-in-this-country-b_1588570.jpg) > [It is beyond my comprehension why today in America, hundreds of thousands of bright young people are unable to go to college…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/it-is-beyond-my-comprehension-why-today-in-america-hundreds-of/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/bernie-sanders-233_america_it-is-beyond-my-comprehension-why-today_1694622.jpg) > [Even in South Carolina, as badly as we did, and we did very badly, we won the votes of people 29 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/even-in-south-carolina-as-badly-as-we-did-and-we-did-very-badly-we/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/bernie-sanders-233_age_even-in-south-carolina-as-badly-as-we-di_2233442.jpg) > [We will do well when young people, when working-class people come out. We do not do well when the voter turnout is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-will-do-well-when-young-people-when-working-class-people-come-out/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/bernie-sanders-233_class_we-will-do-well-when-young-people-when-w_2013632.jpg) > [We need the best educated workforce in the world. Hundreds of thousands of bright, young, qualified people who want to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-need-the-best-educated-workforce-in-the-world-hundreds-of/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/bernie-sanders-233_ability_we-need-the-best-educated-workforce-in-t_3059505.jpg) > [The future of the Democratic Party, the future of this country is involving young people in the political process, getting them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-future-of-the-democratic-party-the-future-of-this-country-is/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/bernie-sanders-233_class_the-future-of-the-democratic-party-the-f_3217862.jpg) > [For Democrats to win, they're going to have to address the needs of working people. They're going to have to address the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/for-democrats-to-win-they-re-going-to-have-to-address-the-needs-of/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/bernie-sanders-233_addresses_for-democrats-to-win-they-re-going-to-ha_1471526.jpg) > [In community after community, there are unemployment rates among young African-Americans of 30 to 40 percent. Thirty to 40 percent! Kids have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/in-community-after-community-there-are-unemployment-rates-among-young/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/bernie-sanders-233_african-american_in-community-after-community-there-are-u_2358267.jpg) > [How can the United States be competitive globally if higher education is unaffordable? Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/how-can-the-united-states-be-competitive-globally-if-higher-education/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/bernie-sanders-233_amount_how-can-the-united-states-be-competitive_1365331.jpg) > [I went back to a small town in Poland where my dad grew up. It was a very traumatic experience for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-went-back-to-a-small-town-in-poland-where-my-dad-grew-up-it-was-a/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/bernie-sanders-233_anti-semitism_i-went-back-to-a-small-town-in-poland-wh_2275152.jpg) > [At a time when the average student is graduating from a four-year college $27,000 in debt, when hundreds of thousands of capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/at-a-time-when-the-average-student-is-graduating-from-a-four-year/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/bernie-sanders-233_affordable_at-a-time-when-the-average-student-is-gr_1681315.jpg) > [Republicans win when people are demoralized and you have a small voter turnout, which by the way is why they love voter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/republicans-win-when-people-are-demoralized-and-you-have-a-small/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/bernie-sanders-233_amount_republicans-win-when-people-are-demorali_1061394.jpg) > [At a young age, I became very aware that not only did my family have to struggle but that families around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/at-a-young-age-i-became-very-aware-that-not-only-did-my-family-have/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/bernie-sanders-233_age_at-a-young-age-i-became-very-aware-that_336353.jpg) ## Other authors on Young ## More by Bernie Sanders > [The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-rich-people-are-apparently-leaving-america-they-re-giving-up/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/as-the-longest-serving-independent-in-the-history-of-the-united/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/what-wall-street-and-credit-card-companies-are-doing-is-really-not/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [What we have got to do immediately is to say that racism and xenophobia is totally unacceptable and we will stand with the 1…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/what-we-have-got-to-do-immediately-is-to-say-that-racism-and/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [In 1999, Hoffmann-LaRoche paid a $500 million criminal fine for leading a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices for certain vitamins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/in-1999-hoffmann-laroche-paid-a-500-million-criminal-fine-for-leading/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [We need a strategy. And the goal is to bring millions of people together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-need-a-strategy-and-the-goal-is-to-bring-millions-of-people/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [We are living at a time where a handful of people have wealth beyond comprehension - huge yachts, jet planes, tens of billions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/we-are-living-at-a-time-where-a-handful-of-people-have-wealth-beyond/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-deficit-crisis-is-real-and-must-be-addressed-but-it-cannot-be/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [I want to break up the Wall Street banks. Hillary Clinton doesn't. I want to raise the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-want-to-break-up-the-wall-street-banks-hillary-clinton-doesn-t-i/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [The Palestinian people's needs must be respected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-palestinian-people-s-needs-must-be-respected/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [Hillary Clinton wants to see that all Americans have the right to choose a public option in their health care exchange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/hillary-clinton-wants-to-see-that-all-americans-have-the-right-to/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/if-you-want-to-know-if-your-food-contains-gluten-aspartame-high/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [It reminds me in some ways of the debate taking place in this country and around the world in the late 1930s. There were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/it-reminds-me-in-some-ways-of-the-debate-taking-place-in-this-country/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [I am sure that there are some single payer advocates who think the only thing worth fighting for is single payer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-am-sure-that-there-are-some-single-payer-advocates-who-think-the/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) > [The case to be made is that we have got to get people involved - continue to get people involved in the political process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/the-case-to-be-made-is-that-we-have-got-to-get-people-involved/) [Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/young/bernie-sanders/#itemlist", "name": "21 Young Quotes By Bernie 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