Government Quotes by Van Jones

Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.

— Van Jones

America's government has to get the public investments right.

— Van Jones

The bombs the government drops in Iraq are the bombs that blew up in New York City.

— Van Jones

Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology than the entire U.S.…

— Van Jones

Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the "Iraq War" of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous.

— Van Jones

Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and…

— Van Jones

"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small…

— Van Jones

We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.

— Van Jones

It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school…

— Van Jones

I think there's going to be a tug of war in this country over who are the real patriots because at a…

— Van Jones

We're just trying to end illegitimate government support for a single technology, which is un-American. We should be leading the world in…

— Van Jones

The government built the grid to favor one industry over others. But I don't hear any conservatives screaming about that. Folks don't…

— Van Jones

To make sure we aren't training people for jobs that don't exist, the government should provide companies with loans or loan guarantees.…

— Van Jones

There would be a cost for dumping carbon into our atmosphere and a cap on total emissions. The government must make a…

— Van Jones

Frankly, the conservatives need to be better conservatives. Real conservatives actually respect our Constitution and would stand up to an authoritarian. Real…

— Van Jones

The government also has to get the public rules right. That means putting a price on carbon, so the cleaner forms of…

— Van Jones

Nobody wants a nanny state, where the government is stamping out initiative and telling us what to do, but the idea that…

— Van Jones

Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of…

— Van Jones