A one-sided analysis of anything always leads you into the wrong direction. Van Jones More Quotes by Van Jones More Quotes From Van Jones Part of what you need to understand is that we're forced to look back. You had the importation of third world or developing world conditions into the United States because of a bipartisan elite consensus for neo-liberalism. In other words, you had both political parties, the smarty-pants in both political parties said, hey, let's do these crazy trade deals. Van Jones political party crazy Donald Trump's a hell of a performer, he's a hell of an entertainer. If you put him on and let him say his crazy stuff, you're going to get a lot of viewers. If you take him off and have some sober discussion about what's going on in Syria, you're going to lose 80 percent of your audience. Van Jones sober crazy stuff Reversing global warming will take a World War II level of mobilization. It is the work of tens of millions, not hundreds of thousands. Van Jones levels war world We should not allow the fundamentalists and the bigots to take over and speak for the great faiths any more than we should let them take over and speak for the great nation. Van Jones great-faith speak should 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 without tearing a hole in the very fabric of our earthly existence - and eventually falling through that hole ourselves. Van Jones animal life fall We need a more diversified portfolio of change-making tools so that we don't just get so freaked out by whatever's happening in the political corner. Van Jones political tools needs It's become fashionable to put down people who we then expect to vote for us. Van Jones fashionable vote people I consider myself to be sort of a progressive Afrofuturist that is deeply committed to social justice. Van Jones progressive social justice I want the coal miners, who've been American heroes, who kept the lights put on for black people and white people for a hundred years, and who now are too sick to work, I want them to be able to go see a doctor. I don't care who they vote for. I don't care if they vote for a Tea Party Republican, I'm fighting for you because I voted for you to live in a country where we don't have disposable people. Van Jones party hero country Trust your intuition and be resilient. If you have real breakout ideas, even your friends will laugh at you secretly until you can prove their viability. Van Jones real laughing ideas The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism. Ecopopulism. To change our laws and culture, the green movement justice, political solutions and social change. Van Jones law justice moving If all we are for is black people and white people who like black people, then I have nothing to say to Trump who is only for white people and black people who like him. Van Jones black white people I learned more in those six months [ in the White House] than in the prior six years. I don't think that anybody who has had the privilege to serve the country at that level should walk out and behave like a crybaby. And I plan to continue to serve the country in other capacities. Van Jones country years thinking I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk. Van Jones initiative campaigns people Now I think liberals have gone from underreacting to Trump and saying that Trump is just a clown and a buffoon, and that Hillary Clinton's going to kick his ass, to now overreacting, and saying, "Oh my God, 60 million people consciously endorsed a white supremacist for president." Van Jones white people thinking This [2016] election was lost because a total of 70,000 people - out of 120-130 million votes - in the Rust belt, but as a result America is in the calamity. Van Jones rust america people Most people walking around in a mall or on a college campus are carrying on them better technology than the entire U.S. government had when it put a man on the moon. Each one of us is a walking technological superpower. Van Jones technology moon college Donald Trump's promised the moon. Now he has power. He's going to fail to deliver. He's not going to be able to bring a bunch of coal jobs back and a bunch of factory jobs back in this global economy. Period. Because you can't. It's not going to happen. Van Jones able moon jobs The question is: do we pay a little bit more now? Or do we pay a whole lot later? For the equivalent of a postage stamp a day for each American, we can put a price on carbon today that will send a signal to private capital to invest in the clean technologies of tomorrow. Taking a vast portfolio of new energy solutions to scale will ultimately drive down costs through competition. Van Jones competition technology energy Keith Ellison is the future of the Democratic Party, the future of the progressive movement. Van Jones keith movement party
