190 Quotes by Van Jones

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 here. No American would put up with an Israeli-style occupation of their hometown for 53 days let alone 54 years. U.S. tax dollars are funding violence against people of color inside the U.S. borders and outside the U.S. borders.

People in red states and blue states can agree that we are a nation blessed with extraordinary natural wealth and beauty, which we would be foolish to waste; therefore conservation and efficiency are values we all can share.

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 communities that were locked out of the last century's pollution-based economy must be locked into the new, clean and renewable economy. Our youth need green-collar jobs, not jails.

Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength – and win a better future for generations to come.

It’s in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.

Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the “Iraq War” of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous.

You’ve never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, ‘We can’t believe it happened here. We can’t believe it’s these suburban white kids.’ It’s only them!

In a democracy, you won’t always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say.

I am sharing my faith with my sons. I pray, meditate and read devotionally. But let me be clear: I am a “person of faith” not because I am a saint, but because I am a sinner.