I have never felt out of place in my entire life. But I did at Yale. — J. D. Vance Entire life Copy Share Image
There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people… — J. D. Vance Democrat Copy Share Image
The subsidy for employer-sponsored coverage has tethered health care to employment in a way that virtually no economist endorses. — J. D. Vance Care Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Purdue as an institution and in its role of educating the next-generation workforce. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
One of the things that concerns me is that so few people who go and get an education elsewhere... feel any real...… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
If you're white working class, it's very easy to caricature the elites, and if you're elite, it's very easy to caricature the… — J. D. Vance Class Copy Share Image
At a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still… — J. D. Vance Dreams Copy Share Image
It's not just that government has failed us. It's not just that we have failed ourselves. It's government. It's individuals. It's sort… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Stanford's law school application wasn't the standard combination of college transcript, LSAT score, and essays. It required a personal sign-off from the… — J. D. Vance College Copy Share Image
The person in New York City is showing too little empathy for the Trump voter. The Trump voter is showing too little… — J. D. Vance City Copy Share Image
Every two weeks, I'd get a small pay-check and notice the line where federal and state income taxes were deducted from my… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
It's amazing to think how powerful of a force optimism and hope can be. It's the thing that saves me. I believed… — J. D. Vance Amazing Copy Share Image
We'll rail against the way the government has destroyed our health care market in one breath and resist the support offered to… — J. D. Vance Conservative Copy Share Image
The most depressing part of the 2016 election is that the candidates often failed to show any cultural leadership: any recognition that… — J. D. Vance Election Copy Share Image
For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture… — J. D. Vance African american Copy Share Image
In some ways, Trump's large, national coalition defies easy characterization. He draws from a broad base of good people: kind folks who… — J. D. Vance Coalition Copy Share Image
I never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just… — J. D. Vance Competition Copy Share Image
We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps… — J. D. Vance Army Copy Share Image
We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little… — J. D. Vance American politics Copy Share Image
If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
We are so isolated in our own little worlds, in our own little geographies, that it's pretty hard to understand where someone… — J. D. Vance Country Copy Share Image
It's jarring to live in a world where every person feels his life will only get better when you came from a… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing… — J. D. Vance Hate Copy Share Image
It's difficult in the abstract to appreciate that those with morally objectionable viewpoints can still be good people. — J. D. Vance Abstract Copy Share Image
I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I went to Yale to earn a law degree. But that first year at Yale taught me most of all that I… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
The regulatory approach of the Food and Drug Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office has driven up the costs of generic… — J. D. Vance Costs Copy Share Image
The military is arguably the most significant social institution in our country. — J. D. Vance Country Copy Share Image
The sometimes-tough love of the Christian faith of my childhood demanded a certain amount of self-reflection and, occasionally, self-criticism. — J. D. Vance Childhood Copy Share Image
