All the big ideas for getting us onto a lower carbon trajectory involve a lot of people doing a lot of work,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
There are only two ways to have a middle class in your country: either you have highly skilled manufacturing jobs, or you… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
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.… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We have the chance to build this new energy economy in ways that reflect our deepest values of inclusion, diversity, and equal… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
...we're going to be in an economic slowdown for a couple of years. So to take three months, four months, six months… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The problem is that we didn't fight the way we should've fought. We made it be about [Donald Trump] and [Hillary Clinton]… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
In a democracy, you won't always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Apparently, the fossil-fuel industry's strategy is to convince the American people that we should just burn all the way through the last… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
People in red states and blue states can agree that if we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, letting… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We have gotten to the point where we're more like [Donald] Trump than Trump. Trump is hateful. Now you have liberals hating… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Everybody should be mad but anger only takes you so far. At some point, you'll have outrage fatigue and burn out. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
We have to accept that some very toxic stuff was marbled into the Trump phenomenon. — Van Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
![“The problem is that we didn't fight the way we should've fought. We made it be about [Donald Trump] and [Hillary Clinton] as opposed to making it be about us. If we had said this was a fight, not about "I'm with Her" but "I'm with Us" then maybe we would've had a different attitude toward her.” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f95/van-jones-984_attitude_the-problem-is-that-we-didn-t-fight-the_1742335.jpg)
![“We have gotten to the point where we're more like [Donald] Trump than Trump. Trump is hateful. Now you have liberals hating on love. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. There's nothing wrong with that. But sometimes you have to fight fire with water. I'm happy to fight it either way.” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a2/van-jones-984_fighting_we-have-gotten-to-the-point-where-we-re_3205827.jpg)
![“If [Donald] Trump throws 20 million off of health care, that's going to be - if he handles this badly - and it's very hard to handle it right, then that's a - a huge advantage in the mid-terms for us.” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4d/van-jones-984_advantage_if-donald-trump-throws-20-million-off-of_12893.jpg)
![“I learned more in those six months [ in the White House] than in the prior six years. I don't think that anybody who has had the privilege to serve the country at that level should walk out and behave like a crybaby. And I plan to continue to serve the country in other capacities.” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3dc/van-jones-984_behave_i-learned-more-in-those-six-months-in-th_27061.jpg)
![“[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 she loved him.” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/def/van-jones-984_beats_donald-trump-is-a-horrible-human-being-b_54460.jpg)
