190 Quotes by Van Jones

I don’t put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.

Dr. King didn’t get famous giving a speech that said,“I have a complaint.”

Barack Obama volunteered to be the Captain of the Titanic AFTER it hit the iceberg.

In a sane society, common pain should lead to common purpose.

The unspoken imperative should be this: I want to understand you. And I want you to understand me – whether or not we ever agree.

Let’s stop wasting billions of dollars on prisons, which send people home who are too often less capable and more damaged than when they went in. We would have safer neighborhoods if we spent the same money on true rehabilitation, job training, employment and entrepreneurship.

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 will build, through these early efforts, for more comprehensive solutions.

That’s one component: rather than creating job-training pipelines that put these kids at the back of the line for the last century’s pollution-based jobs, we need to be creating opportunities for them to be at the front of the line for the new clean and green jobs.

By kicking its carbon addiction, America will increase its national wealth and generate millions of jobs that can’t be outsourced.