Insisting Quotes by 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 warmongers.

— Van Jones

If [Donald] Trump throws 20 million off of health care, that's going to be - if he handles this badly - and it's very…

— Van Jones

America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars and incarceration…

— Van Jones

I learned more in those six months [ in the White House] than in the prior six years. I don't think that anybody who…

— Van Jones

Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree.

— Van Jones

The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.

— Van Jones

[Donald Trump] is a horrible human being, but he ain't worse than Bull Connor. Fannie Lou loved Bull Connor and beat Bull Connor because…

— 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 understand that…

— Van Jones

Keith Ellison is an organizer's organizer.He's one of the only Muslims in Congress, so you have a big statement there.

— Van Jones

Everybody should be mad but anger only takes you so far. At some point, you'll have outrage fatigue and burn out.

— Van Jones

We have to accept that some very toxic stuff was marbled into the Trump phenomenon.

— Van Jones

All the big ideas for getting us onto a lower carbon trajectory involve a lot of people doing a lot of work, and that's…

— Van Jones