People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules,… — J. D. Vance 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 Copy Share Image
While faith need not be monolithic - it can motivate both voting behavior and character development - focus matters. A Christianity constantly… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
When I started law school in 2010, I would have called myself an atheist. When I graduated law school in 2013, I… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
The evangelical Christian faith I'd grown up with sustained me. It demanded that I refuse the drugs and alcohol on offer in… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Faith gave me the belief that there was somebody looking out for me, that there was a hopeful future on the other… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly, church fish fries and picnics help build social cohesion. It was at my dad's medium-size evangelical church - my first real exposure to… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I almost failed out of high school. I nearly gave in to the deep anger and resentment harbored by everyone around me... Whatever talents… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Liberals have to get more comfortable with dealing with the poor as they actually are. I admire their refusal to look down on the… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I happen to be a conservative, but one need not accept the Right's theories wholesale to acknowledge the sometimes negative effects of government action… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Trump's voters loathe Jeb Bush because their lives are falling apart, and they blame people like him. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
What unites Trump's voters is a sense of alienation from America's wealthy and powerful. — J. D. Vance 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 Copy Share Image
I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about a Muslim… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
It would be great if people returned to areas of the country that need talented people with good economic prospects. Our country would really… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
My military service is the thing I'm most proud of, but when I think of everything happening in the Middle East, I can't help… — J. D. Vance 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 dreamed about. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
