Jim Wallis Quotes

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• Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.
• Two of the greatest hungers in our world today are the hunger for spirituality and the hunger for social change. The connection between the two…
• Faith reminds us that change is always possible.
• Trade is now clearly designed to favor the wealthiest and most powerful corporations at the expense of the rest of us. The three wealthiest people…
• To dig our heels in and say no to a present madness is a good thing, but to walk a new path and say yes…
• You change society by changing the wind. Change the wind, transform the debate, recast the discussion, alter the context in which political discussions are being…
• The best response to bad religion is better religion, not secularism.
• I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic…
• What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, Ive…
• But when we place God on our side of things, that we are now ridding the world of evil - that's very dangerous, that one…
• It's hope as a decision that makes change possible.
• We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.
• If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about…
• Last year, Americans spent $450 billion on Christmas. Clean water for the whole world, including every poor person on the planet would cost about $20…
• This year - today - I am repenting of my dependence on fossil fuels.
• The Christian doctrine is one that is both about individual spirituality and a parallel commitment to social justice.
• A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.
• Healthcare should be a human right and not a commodity for sale.
• The world will not change until we do
• So when the only domestic social policy is tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans, we say, 'Where is faith being put into action…

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