--- title: "23 Needs Quotes By Van Jones" description: "23 Needs quotes by Van Jones. Plus more from Van Jones and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/van-jones-984_europe_we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-bet_2574337.png" --- > [We actually need conservatives to be better conservatives and we need liberals to be better and stronger liberals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-better-conservatives-and-we-need/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/van-jones-984_europe_we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-bet_2574337.png) > [We need to aim high - in the area of 20-25 percent - to create the urgent demand for new technologies, manufacturing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25-percent-to-create-the-urgent/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/van-jones-984_aim_we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25_867517.png) > [I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-cannot-in-good-conscience-ask-my-colleagues-to-expend-precious-time/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/van-jones-984_colleagues_i-cannot-in-good-conscience-ask-my-colle_817247.png) > [Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/government-needs-to-do-two-things-put-a-price-on-carbon-and-invest/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/van-jones-984_carbon_government-needs-to-do-two-things-put-a_1590604.png) > [We need a more diversified portfolio of change-making tools so that we don't just get so freaked out by whatever's happening in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-a-more-diversified-portfolio-of-change-making-tools-so-that/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/van-jones-984_corners_we-need-a-more-diversified-portfolio-of_3184257.png) > [Americans need to see people who are honestly trying to learn from each other, even as we make our own points powerfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/americans-need-to-see-people-who-are-honestly-trying-to-learn-from/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/van-jones-984_americans_americans-need-to-see-people-who-are-hon_2900626.png) > [We need to invest in job training programs, especially those that include child care, transit stipends and paid apprenticeships and internships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-invest-in-job-training-programs-especially-those-that/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/van-jones-984_apprenticeship_we-need-to-invest-in-job-training-progra_746504.png) > ["Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/big-government-who-wants-that-i-just-want-effective-government-that/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/van-jones-984_america_big-government-who-wants-that-i-just-wan_1274482.png) > [When you take the people who most need work and connect them with the work that most needs doing, you save. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/when-you-take-the-people-who-most-need-work-and-connect-them-with-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/van-jones-984_bunch_when-you-take-the-people-who-most-need-w_1973024.jpg) > [Part of what you need to understand is that we're forced to look back. You had the importation of third world or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/part-of-what-you-need-to-understand-is-that-we-re-forced-to-look-back/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e0/van-jones-984_bipartisan_part-of-what-you-need-to-understand-is-t_3034275.png) > [Now, we can live in this little, liberal bubble bath where everybody's supposed to like everybody and do all this stuff and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/now-we-can-live-in-this-little-liberal-bubble-bath-where-everybody-s/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/van-jones-984_baths_now-we-can-live-in-this-little-liberal-b_3030870.jpg) > [We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-send-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-down-to-our-public/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/van-jones-984_building_we-need-to-send-hundreds-of-millions-of_392629.png) > [We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-a-national-renewable-energy-goal-such-a-goal-sometimes-called/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/van-jones-984_america_we-need-a-national-renewable-energy-goal_626069.jpg) > [The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-chief-moral-obligation-of-the-21st-century-is-to-build-a-green/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/van-jones-984_21st-century_the-chief-moral-obligation-of-the-21st-c_1574180.jpg) > [In addition, black folks need to attend green conferences, too. We just self-segregate and don't go. They might even waive your fee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/in-addition-black-folks-need-to-attend-green-conferences-too-we-just/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/van-jones-984_backgrounds_in-addition-black-folks-need-to-attend-g_177143.png) > [That's one component: rather than creating job-training pipelines that put these kids at the back of the line for the last century's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/that-s-one-component-rather-than-creating-job-training-pipelines-that/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/van-jones-984_century_that-s-one-component-rather-than-creatin_1349270.png) > [Frankly, the conservatives need to be better conservatives. Real conservatives actually respect our Constitution and would stand up to an authoritarian. Real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/frankly-the-conservatives-need-to-be-better-conservatives-real/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/van-jones-984_america_frankly-the-conservatives-need-to-be-bet_567240.png) > [We need to put pressure on Trump, to speak out very forcefully that he's the president of all Americans including Muslims, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-put-pressure-on-trump-to-speak-out-very-forcefully-that-he/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/van-jones-984_administration_we-need-to-put-pressure-on-trump-to-spea_2269496.png) > [To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/to-solve-the-new-century-s-mounting-social-and-environmental-problems/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/van-jones-984_able_to-solve-the-new-century-s-mounting-soci_2255608.png) > [On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/on-the-eve-of-historic-fights-for-health-care-and-clean-energy/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/van-jones-984_asks_on-the-eve-of-historic-fights-for-health_977467.jpg) > [We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-a-much-deeper-understanding-of-exactly-what-it-is-our/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/van-jones-984_change_we-need-a-much-deeper-understanding-of-e_1582692.png) > [Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/each-and-every-one-of-us-should-stop-playing-small-and-license/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/van-jones-984_century_each-and-every-one-of-us-should-stop-pla_2459854.png) > [There's a level of self-hatred in giving these people too much power. They're sorry. They're corny. They're hateful. They need some help.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/there-s-a-level-of-self-hatred-in-giving-these-people-too-much-power/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/van-jones-984_corny_there-s-a-level-of-self-hatred-in-giving_1494967.png) ## Other authors on Needs ## More 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/right-now-the-government-is-spending-billions-of-dollars-supporting/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/if-donald-trump-throws-20-million-off-of-health-care-that-s-going-to/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/america-should-be-leading-the-world-in-green-and-clean-solutions-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-learned-more-in-those-six-months-in-the-white-house-than-in-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/most-green-collar-jobs-are-middle-skill-jobs-that-means-they-require/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-problem-that-we-have-is-that-most-americans-don-t-even-study/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/donald-trump-is-a-horrible-human-being-but-he-ain-t-worse-than-bull/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-government-built-the-grid-to-favor-one-industry-over-others-but-i/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/keith-ellison-is-an-organizer-s-organizer-he-s-one-of-the-only/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [Everybody should be mad but anger only takes you so far. At some point, you'll have outrage fatigue and burn out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/everybody-should-be-mad-but-anger-only-takes-you-so-far-at-some-point/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [We have to accept that some very toxic stuff was marbled into the Trump phenomenon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-have-to-accept-that-some-very-toxic-stuff-was-marbled-into-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/all-the-big-ideas-for-getting-us-onto-a-lower-carbon-trajectory/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [I'm the guy that's trying to break up that monopoly to introduce free enterprise and competition to the energy sector.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-m-the-guy-that-s-trying-to-break-up-that-monopoly-to-introduce-free/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [I think that America could not become America until it dealt with the disenfranchisement of women and African Americans in the last century. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-think-that-america-could-not-become-america-until-it-dealt-with-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) > [I'm learning and changing all the time, and I expect to continue doing so my entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-m-learning-and-changing-all-the-time-and-i-expect-to-continue-doing/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/van-jones/#itemlist", "name": "23 Needs Quotes By Van Jones", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We actually need conservatives to be better conservatives and we need liberals to be better and stronger liberals.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-better-conservatives-and-we-need/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/van-jones-984_europe_we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-bet_2574337.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/van-jones-984_europe_we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-bet_2574337.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/van-jones-984_europe_we-actually-need-conservatives-to-be-bet_2574337.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We actually need conservatives to be better conservatives and we need liberals to be better and stronger…” — Van Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need to aim high - in the area of 20-25 percent - to create the urgent demand for new technologies, manufacturing plants and green jobs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25-percent-to-create-the-urgent/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/van-jones-984_aim_we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25_867517.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/van-jones-984_aim_we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25_867517.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/van-jones-984_aim_we-need-to-aim-high-in-the-area-of-20-25_867517.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need to aim high - in the area of 20-25 percent - to create the urgent demand for new technologies…” — Van Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. 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