Progressives are overreacting. Underreacting, though, to the - what the real threats are, and the real opportunities. - Van Jones

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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without which human society would stand still or retrogress. It's coexistence or no existence.

Van Jones

Progressives are overreacting. Underreacting, though, to the - what the real threats are, and the real opportunities.

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Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will need champions by the truckload.

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There's a lot of things that I think you got to deal with. Hillary Clinton had to put down a rebellion in her own party, then she's going to have to put down the [Donald] Trump rebellion and then try to govern.

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As champions of green jobs, we're asking questions that progressives should like, like "How are we going to avoid baking the planet," and "How are we going to create jobs for ordinary Americans?" Meanwhile, we're offering solutions that conservative should like. I'm not calling for more welfare; I'm calling for more work.

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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.

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We've have to heed our Biblical obligation to be good stewards of the Earth after leaving the Garden of Eden.

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