The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can lift us to a new, green economy - one with the power to lift people out of poverty while respecting and repairing the environment.
The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures. - Van Jones
The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures.
- Van Jones
In a democracy, you won't always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say. - Van Jones
In a democracy, you won't always get to have your way. But you should always get to have your say.
Now we stand at our own crossroads, looking out upon two futures: one with rising temperatures, rising oceans, and rising violence on a hot and strip… - Van Jones
Now we stand at our own crossroads, looking out upon two futures: one with rising temperatures, rising oceans, and rising violence on a hot and strip…
The message is going to be the same. It's very simple. We're either going to turn to each other or on each other. - Van Jones
The message is going to be the same. It's very simple. We're either going to turn to each other or on each other.
Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint." - Van Jones
Dr. King didn't get famous giving a speech that said,"I have a complaint."
The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just be … - Van Jones
The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just be …
All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith. - Van Jones
All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.
If you think love is weak, that's a personal problem because real love is the strongest thing in the universe. - Van Jones
If you think love is weak, that's a personal problem because real love is the strongest thing in the universe.
If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius. - Van Jones
If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.
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