Ambivalence Quote by Tony Campolo

Through my Faith-Based and Community Initiative, my Administration continues to encourage the essential work of faith-based and community organizations. Governments can and should support…

— George W. Bush

Evidence is mounting that faith-based service programs are often more successful than other programs in correcting social problems. [It is wrong] for government to…

— Ronald J. Sider

I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better.…

— George W. Bush

Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make…

— John M Swomley

Government can run and fund programs, but it can't love, it can't show compassion, and it can't embrace. Our faith is designed to have…

— Tony Evans

Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill…

— Tony Campolo

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their…

— Edd Doerr

I don't think religious groups should be allowed to apply for federal funds to start new ministries they have not been doing before the…

— Jerry Falwell

“There is a fundamental difference between the financial enterprise and political machinations of an organized religion versus a mass of independent unaffiliated believers, philosophers,…

— Gregory F. Fegel

The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference…

— Jimmy Carter

My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom…

— Mehdi Hasan

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important…

— George W. Bush