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I think its a good thing for a president or political leaders to w

I think its 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

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But when one believes that youve 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? – Jim Wallis

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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

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I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. – Jim Wallis

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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. – Simone Weil

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Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term doubting Thomas well illustrates the difference. – Paul Davies

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Its very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back. – Quentin Tarantino

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Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument. – George Sand

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