126 Quotes by J. D. Vance

I come from a family that doesn't have a whole lot of money.

Trump's biggest failure as a political leader is that he sees the worst in people, and he encourages the worst in people.

When you write a book, and you argue a problem is complicated and multidimensional, it's very easy to read a slice of that book and say, 'Well, this is the part that either confirms or really challenges my biases, so that's what I'm going to say the entire book is about.'

I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.

Airing the family's laundry can make people upset.

It seems that in the rush to be the first one to the story, the media overstates things. Not maliciously; I don't think they're intentionally misleading. But the credibility gap is already there, and in this rush to get to the story first, a lot of mainstream outlets just erode their credibility further.

One of the things that concerns me is that so few people who go and get an education elsewhere... feel any real... pull for returning home.

I'm not one of these people who thinks I know all the answers.

Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort.