--- title: "16 Trying Quotes By Van Jones" description: "16 Trying quotes by Van Jones. Plus more from Van Jones and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/van-jones-984_bigotry_donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles_1278899.png" --- > [ \[Donald\] Trump phenomenon is just marbles with all this toxic stuff, the misogyny, the outright bigotry and so now people are left… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles-with-all-this-toxic-stuff-the/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/van-jones-984_bigotry_donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles_1278899.png) > [Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/let-me-say-what-i-actually-believe-i-believe-that-9-11-was-a-2/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/van-jones-984_america_let-me-say-what-i-actually-believe-i-bel_2301124.png) > [Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/let-me-say-what-i-actually-believe-i-believe-that-9-11-was-a/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/van-jones-984_al-qaeda_let-me-say-what-i-actually-believe-i-bel_1906191.jpg) > [After all, we are not promoting welfare. We are promoting work. We are not pushing for more entitlement programs. We are pushing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/after-all-we-are-not-promoting-welfare-we-are-promoting-work-we-are/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/van-jones-984_enterprise_after-all-we-are-not-promoting-welfare-w_500973.png) > [I do feel kind of like I have a split identity in that there's Van Jones, who has this big public role…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-do-feel-kind-of-like-i-have-a-split-identity-in-that-there-s-van/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/van-jones-984_identity_i-do-feel-kind-of-like-i-have-a-split-id_2432233.png) > [If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/if-you-look-at-my-career-over-the-past-twenty-years-i-ve-always-been/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/van-jones-984_around-the-corner_if-you-look-at-my-career-over-the-past-t_1434492.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68b/van-jones-984_break_i-m-the-guy-that-s-trying-to-break-up-th_129281.png) > [We are trying to reinvigorate our stagnant energy sector, to create avenues for new wealth. Clean energy innovation, job creation and energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-are-trying-to-reinvigorate-our-stagnant-energy-sector-to-create/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/van-jones-984_avenues_we-are-trying-to-reinvigorate-our-stagna_1830436.png) > [It is extremely disappointing to me to see that even now when leading Democrats and even military veterans try to make our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/it-is-extremely-disappointing-to-me-to-see-that-even-now-when-leading/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/van-jones-984_areas_it-is-extremely-disappointing-to-me-to-s_645844.png) > [We're just trying to end illegitimate government support for a single technology, which is un-American. We should be leading the world in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-re-just-trying-to-end-illegitimate-government-support-for-a-single/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/van-jones-984_choke_we-re-just-trying-to-end-illegitimate-go_346300.png) > [There seems to be a passive alliance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and that's unprecedented in its form and dangerous in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/there-seems-to-be-a-passive-alliance-between-vladimir-putin-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/van-jones-984_alliances_there-seems-to-be-a-passive-alliance-bet_1968467.jpg) > [ I've had a chance to meet some of my civil rights heroes and, more recently, members of the young generation around \[Barack\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/i-ve-had-a-chance-to-meet-some-of-my-civil-rights-heroes-and-more/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/van-jones-984_america_i-ve-had-a-chance-to-meet-some-of-my-civ_727277.png) > [It is the Muslim community that has the best chance of stopping and checking and pushing back on people who are trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/it-is-the-muslim-community-that-has-the-best-chance-of-stopping-and/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/van-jones-984_accelerate_it-is-the-muslim-community-that-has-the_1982058.jpg) > [Hillary Clinton did try to reach out to the Sanders voters with policy concessions, but Sanders voters, especially his most activist core,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/hillary-clinton-did-try-to-reach-out-to-the-sanders-voters-with/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b0/van-jones-984_activist_hillary-clinton-did-try-to-reach-out-to_2680973.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) > [There's a lot of things that I think you got to deal with. Hillary Clinton had to put down a rebellion in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/there-s-a-lot-of-things-that-i-think-you-got-to-deal-with-hillary/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/van-jones-984_clinton_there-s-a-lot-of-things-that-i-think-you_585363.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## 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/trying/van-jones/#itemlist", "name": "16 Trying Quotes By Van Jones", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Donald] Trump phenomenon is just marbles with all this toxic stuff, the misogyny, the outright bigotry and so now people are left to try to pull this apart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles-with-all-this-toxic-stuff-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/van-jones-984_bigotry_donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles_1278899.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/van-jones-984_bigotry_donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles_1278899.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/van-jones-984_bigotry_donald-trump-phenomenon-is-just-marbles_1278899.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Donald] Trump phenomenon is just marbles with all this toxic stuff, the misogyny, the outright bigotry and…” — Van Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let me say what I actually believe. 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