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Environmentalist Inspirational Quotes (8146)

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A green economy begins to replace some of the clunking and chugging of ugly machines with the wise effort of beautiful, skilled people. That means more jobs.
Van Jones
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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.
Van Jones
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You put Hillary Clinton up against Donald Trump, I'm scared of the choice no matter what you do.
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Clean energy is hippy power. But its also cowboy power, it's rancher power, it's Appalachian power.
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I'm not going to let Donald Trump take away from our community, something that Fannie Lou Hamer shed blood to give us. Something that Ella Jo Baker braved conditions in the South and sweatshops in Harlem to give us.
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We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need a more profound perception of what is at stake.
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Steve Bannon is the architect of the entire blitzkrieg that we're seeing against American values and the American people.
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When you take the people who most need work and connect them with the work that most needs doing, you save. You save that young person’s life, you save a whole bunch of money, and you save the soul of this country when you invest and give people a chance, give people hope, give people opportunity.
Van Jones
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Barack Obama volunteered to be the Captain of the Titanic AFTER it hit the iceberg
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No one is above the law, and no one is beneath the law.
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To change our laws and culture, the green movement must attract and include the majority of all people, not just the majority of affluent people.
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Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new green economy they are birthing?
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You know it's not you have to see it to believe it - sometimes you have to believe it to see it. You have to know what you're looking for when you're seeing signs of an authoritarian takeover of your country.
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Audacity is the currency for authoritarians.
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We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.
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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.
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All the signals that the Democratic Party is a party that tolerates snobbery and bigotry against, frankly, a lot of traditional Christians, a lot of white guys who work hard every day and who don't feel that they are on top of the world, those signals are clear and it's a turn off.
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If people leave your coalition, whose fault is it? It's your fault. You have to build a coalition that's attractive to people.
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You can't lead anybody you don't love. You can't do it. It's not possible.
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In the fourth quadrant (lower right), working-class people are motivated to take on green-collar jobs and start green businesses.
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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.
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Religion has gotten a bad rap for good reasons. Often, there are a lot of people - women, LBGT, and others - you know, hierarchical monotheism has been a real source of a type of oppression.
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If we stand for change, we can spark a popular movement with power, influence, magic and genius.
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Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the Iraq War of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous.
Van Jones
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