All Van Jones Quotes
- Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint." Complaint
- Reversing global warming will take a World War II level of mobilization. It is the work of tens of millions, not hundreds of thousands. Global
- It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests. Active
- We should use the transition to a better energy strategy as an opportunity to create a better economy and a better country all around. All
- If we keep pulling death from the ground, we will reap death from the skies. Death
- If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built. Built
- To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But… Able
- I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends. Cheap
- The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We have to be… Alone
- The bombs the government drops in Iraq are the bombs that blew up in New York City. Blew
- The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Those… Based
- The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just be about recycling… Chance
- Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of the recovery. Because… Air
- A family-friendly "eco-populism" can mobilize and unite millions who, at this point, would be turned off by a more extreme set of demands. The momentum… Build
- Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity. Any
- Apparently, the fossil-fuel industry's strategy is to convince the American people that we should just burn all the way through the last of our oil… All
- By kicking its carbon addiction, America will increase its national wealth and generate millions of jobs that can't be outsourced. Addiction
- Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal. Breakthrough
- Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come. Better
- Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the time to pull… Arms
- Now we stand at our own crossroads, looking out upon two futures: one with rising temperatures, rising oceans, and rising violence on a hot and… Arrays
- The human family has invaluable friends and irreplaceable allies in the plant and animal worlds. We cannot continue to tug at the web of life… Allies
- Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will… Become One
- Even if we can solve the carbon problem for coal, it is still a non-renewable resource. At some point, coal supplies will drop. Carbon
- Former brownfields, depressed urban areas, and hard-hit rural towns blossom as eco-industrial parks, green enterprise zones, and eco-villages. Farmers' markets, community co-ops, and mobile markets… Afford