“Americans need to see people who are honestly trying to learn from each other, even as we make our own points powerfully and fight for our own values and policies.” PeopleNeedsTryingValuesFightingPolicyHonestly Author:Van Jones
“In other words: we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, with the same method. We can beat global warming and the global recession at the same time, with the same method. We can do this by putting people to work re-powering America with clean energy.” PeopleAmericaFightingEnergyCan DoPovertyBeatsMethodCleanGlobal WarmingPollutionRecessionsClean Energy Author:Van Jones
“People in red states and blue states can agree that if we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, letting people work their way out of poverty without undermining community health, we have a moral obligation to do so.” PeopleIfsWayStatesFightingCommunityMoralPovertyRedAgreeBlueObligationPollutionUnderminingMoral ObligationCommunity Health Author:Van Jones
“I think we were naive during the first two years of the [Barack] Obama Administration because the Republicans didn't fight us on this point during the 2008 Presidential Election. Obama and McCain both ran on a clean energy platform. But now, uncontested lies have eroded hard-won public understanding. So, we have to go back and make the case again.” ThinkingYearsFirstsTwoHardLyingFightingEnergyUnderstandingCasesRepublicanElectionCleanAdministrationBarackPresidentialRanTwo YearsPlatformsNaiveMccainPresidential ElectionClean Energy Author:Van Jones
“Fighting for and defending the values from the pulpit is critical. You can't love the Creator, and disrespect the creation.” ValuesFightingCreationCreatorCriticalDisrespectPulpit Author:Van Jones
“There are some cities that are doing good stuff, but there aren't enough of them. If you don't fight for what you want, then you deserve what you get. And in politics, if you don't ask, you don't get at all.” IfsWantEnoughFightingAsksStuffCitiesDeserveWhat You WantDoing Good Author:Van Jones
“We have gotten to the point where we're more like [Donald] Trump than Trump. Trump is hateful. Now you have liberals hating on love. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. There's nothing wrong with that. But sometimes you have to fight fire with water. I'm happy to fight it either way.” WaySometimesHateFightingWaterFireTrumpHateful Author:Van Jones
“The problem is that we didn't fight the way we should've fought. We made it be about [Donald Trump] and [Hillary Clinton] as opposed to making it be about us. If we had said this was a fight, not about "I'm with Her" but "I'm with Us" then maybe we would've had a different attitude toward her.” IfsWayShouldMadeSaidDifferentProblemFightingAttitudeTrumpClintonMade ItDifferent Attitude Author:Van Jones
“Trump is much, much worse than people understand. In his ideal world, you would have an alliance between Trump, Putin, Marine Le Pen, maybe a right winger might knock off Merkel in Germany, and you'd have this sort of, essentially, a nationalist populist alliance that can only be made sense of when seen as a right-wing, white nationalism against the world. Because, who do they want to fight? They want to fight Asia and China, they want to fight Latin America and Mexico.” PeopleWorldWantMadeMightAmericaFightingWhiteTrumpIdealsWingsChinaGermanyNationalismPensLatinMexicoAsiaMarinePutinAlliancesRight WingLatin AmericaPopulistIdeal World Author:Van Jones
“My point is you can fight racism and sexism and homophobia more effectively if you're doing it from the position that you're standing for the dignity of all people, and that you're actually standing for the underdog in the red states and the blue states. I think it's more effective when you're anti-racism and anti-sexism and anti-homophobia and that is the centerpiece for a project to uplift all humanity, and frankly to defend and uplift the children of all species.” PeopleIfsThinkingChildrenStatesHumanityFightingPositionProjectsRacismRedStandingDignityBlueSpeciesUpliftingSexismHomophobiaUnderdogAnti RacismCenterpieces Author:Van Jones
“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.” PeopleIfsWantYearsCountryLightCareAbleFightingBlackWhitePartyHeroRepublicanHundredDoctorsVoteSickDon't CareTeaI Don't CareBlack PeopleCoalTea PartyMinersDisposableCoal MinersAmerican Hero Author:Van Jones
“Every person with a pulse has a responsibility to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community that is on the front lines fighting against groups like ISIS, both militarily and ideologically, every day, and now on the front line of standing up for civil liberties and civil rights to make America great. [They] are the best insurance for the safety of all Americans.” PersonsAmericaFightingCommunityLinesResponsibilityLibertyRightsGroupsFrontsStandingSafetyCivil RightsSolidarityIsisPulseCivil LibertiesMuslim Community Author:Van Jones
“It is the Muslim community that has the best chance of stopping and checking and pushing back on people who are trying to politicize their own faith. So this attack on Islam is an attack on a great faith. It undermines the people who are trying to rescue this faith from these horrible people. It endangers every human being on earth because it accelerates the radicalization of some and emboldens the worst elements of that faith. So this fight is a fight I think that we have to take on.” PeopleThinkingTryingHumansEarthFightingCommunityChanceHuman BeingsWorstElementsIslamHorriblePushingRescueStoppingAccelerateGreat FaithMuslim CommunityPushing Back Author:Van Jones
“Hatred of the people who hate you, that is the opposite of being the enemy. I want to fight fire with water wherever I can.” PeopleWantI CanHateFightingWaterEnemyFireHatredOppositesHate You Author:Van Jones
“Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?” FightingLeaderEconomyGreenClimateEnvironmentalEquityEcoBirthingGreen Economy Author:Van Jones
“I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.” NeedsHandsPastFightingAsksEnergyConscienceColleaguesExplainingMy PastDeckTime And EnergyPrecious Time Book:Rebuild the Dream Source: Rebuild the Dream
“On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide. I have been inundated with calls - from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.” NeedsHas BeensHandsCarePastPoliticalLyingFightingAsksEnergyConscienceCleanCampaignsReformHealth CareOpponentsDividesColleaguesViciousHistoricExplainingSpectrumDistortionMy PastDeckTime And EnergyClean EnergyPrecious TimePolitical SpectrumSmear Campaigns Author:Van Jones
