Tom Steyer

“Trump's one consistent position is that he will stop at nothing to protect his properties and his profits.”

“We must transform the relationship between police and the communities they serve.”

“As a businessman, Trump preyed on the hopes and anxieties of struggling middle-class families. He cheated and scammed employees and customers alike. He left behind a trail of bankrupted companies. Past is prologue, and Trump has continued to pursue his own aggrandizement ruthlessly and relentlessly as a candidate and as president-elect.”

“I think I was on this very straightforward escalator - grammar school, high school, college, get a job on Wall Street, kind of everything leads to the next thing. But at what point do you get to step back and say, 'I'd like to take a broader view of my time on this planet?'”

“We will pay a heavy price if we insist on navigating the 21st century with a 20th century mindset.”

“I know there are five stages of grief, but my parents raised me to pull up my socks when times get tough.”

“Only when the oil and gas industry has taken full account of, and responsibility for, the impacts of exploring for and extracting fossil fuels can we engage in a serious and worthy evaluation of whether fracking can indeed provide a bridge to a sustainable energy future.”

“Though much about Donald Trump is chaotic and unpredictable, his overall agenda as a businessman and politician is clear and consistent: He wants to make himself more powerful, and he doesn't care how he does it.”

“If you're struggling to make your mortgage payment, and you've got three kids between the ages of 12 and 18, and you and your spouse works, and someone says, 'Oh, by the way, the world's ending,' it's like, 'Please. You don't need to tell me that.'”

“For years, TransCanada has been selling the Keystone XL pipeline to Americans with all of the enthusiasm of a used car salesman - and using all of the same tricks. However, one myth is more egregious than all the rest: this pipeline will enhance America's energy independence.”

“Our message to leaders from every continent was simple: California has succeeded on climate and clean energy because we've emphasized local, human values and built a coalition that includes community and environmental leaders, working families, and communities of color - as well as unions and progressive business.”

“I was in business for 30 years, and my experience is that the best way to operate is to work fairly and closely with partners over a long period of time.”

“I founded NextGen Climate with a clear mission in mind: to act politically to prevent climate disaster and preserve American prosperity.”

“America can't stop talking about Donald Trump. Even if we want to look away, we just can't.”

“What Bernie Sanders is talking about, which is trying to get back to a more perfect democracy, is something that we support, too. We just think that the idea of... wishing the rules were different and then pretending they were is something which, unfortunately, probably would be disastrous from the standpoint of energy and climate.”

“On climate and clean energy, government sets the international framework, and the private sector uses that framework to do what it does best: innovate, create, and drive global progress.”

“Clean energy is the ultimate growth strategy for our economy - one that would add millions more good-paying jobs right here in the United States.”

“The most expensive way to do business is to do it deal by deal, each of which is highly contentious.”

“I'm willing to do just about anything to try and contribute to getting us back on a growth path that is just and good for America.”

“The most powerful thing in politics is voter-to-voter contact. People take in ideas and formulate opinions by contact with other people they perceive to be trustworthy - other voters, people from their communities.”