I have never felt out of place in my entire life. But I did at Yale. — J. D. Vance Entire life Copy Share Image
Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing… — J. D. Vance Hate Copy Share Image
It's difficult in the abstract to appreciate that those with morally objectionable viewpoints can still be good people. — J. D. Vance Abstract Copy Share Image
My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Purdue as an institution and in its role of educating the next-generation workforce. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
If you're white working class, it's very easy to caricature the elites, and if you're elite, it's very easy to caricature the… — J. D. Vance Class Copy Share Image
One of the things that concerns me is that so few people who go and get an education elsewhere... feel any real...… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people… — J. D. Vance Democrat Copy Share Image
I used to go on chat rooms on AOL, back when those things existed, and argue with believers in evolution and argued… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
The increasing segregation we have in our country geographically and culturally has led to these pretty monolithic views of different classes of… — J. D. Vance Country Copy Share Image
When you write a book, and you argue a problem is complicated and multidimensional, it's very easy to read a slice of… — J. D. Vance Book Copy Share Image
At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really,… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I've always just felt a little out of place. I still feel out of place in San Francisco. It's this place where… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Anger about the wars isn't the only reason voters support Mr. Trump. But his willingness to say what other G.O.P. candidates won't… — J. D. Vance Anger 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 American politics Copy Share Image
If you think about what folks have been doing for 20 or 30 years, they have been bottling frustration and resentment that… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
We are so isolated in our own little worlds, in our own little geographies, that it's pretty hard to understand where someone… — J. D. Vance Country Copy Share Image
It's jarring to live in a world where every person feels his life will only get better when you came from a… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
We spend our way to the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our children wear nice clothes thanks to high-interest credit… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just… — J. D. Vance Competition Copy Share Image
We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps… — J. D. Vance Army 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 African american 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 Care 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
What unites Trump's voters is a sense of alienation from America's wealthy and powerful. — J. D. Vance Alienation Copy Share Image
I don't think that the Left has a monopoly on bad ideas. I don't think the Right has a monopoly on good… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Trump talks like a guy at a bar in West Virginia. Trump talks like my dad sitting around the dinner table. — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Policies that promote better wages and better jobs would be super-helpful, and I'm a big fan of programs that encourage people to… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family. — J. D. Vance Family Copy Share Image
