I happen to be a conservative, but one need not accept the Right's theories wholesale to acknowledge the sometimes negative effects of… — J. D. Vance 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
People don't want to believe they have to speak like Obama or Clinton to participate meaningfully in politics, because most of us… — J. D. Vance 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 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 Copy Share Image
When people read 'Breitbart' every single day and convince themselves that Barack Obama is a foreign terrorist, that is not a problem… — J. D. Vance 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
Politicians of both parties told us that free trade with Asia and Latin America would spur economic growth, and maybe it did… — J. D. Vance 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 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
