KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Jim Wallis Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Jim Wallis

Showing 11-20 of 21 Quotes by Jim Wallis

I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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?'

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people.

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Jim Wallis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: June 4th, 1948

Links

Find Jim Wallis on Amazon

Related Authors

Ray Bradbury
Dale Carnegie
Robert A. Heinlein
Napoleon Hill
Elbert Hubbard
H. L. Mencken
Dr. Seuss
William Arthur Ward

Popular Authors

Lucille Ball Alexander Graham Bell Erma Bombeck Paulo Coelho Stephen Hawking Robert Green Ingersoll John Locke Lil Uzi Vert

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1810 - P. T. Barnum

1586 - Thomas Hooker

1849 - William Thomas Stead

1853 - Cecil Rhodes

1857 - Clara Zetkin

1882 - Hazrat Inayat Khan

1889 - Jean Cocteau

1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen

1899 - Marcel Achard

1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Birthdays on July 5th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Family Father's Day Good Jealousy Relationship Respect Romantic Sad