Jim Wallis Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.”

“The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.”

“The left and right are not religious categories. They're often not even value categories.”

“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 the war in Iraq. And that was never done.”

“What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself.”

“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 here?'”

“But when one believes that you've been appointed by God for a particular mission in history, you have to be very careful about that, how you speak about that. Where is the self-reflection in that? Where is the humility in that?”

“We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.”

“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 values, and for many of us, our religious values.”

“I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.”