Quote by Jim Wallis
But when one believes that youve been appointed by God for a parti

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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Im often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think its very real. I think its deeply held. – Jim Wallis

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Faith
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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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The media seems to think only abortion and gay marriage are religious issues. Poverty is a moral issue, its a faith issue, its a religious issue. – Jim Wallis

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There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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History

History only exists, in the final analysis, for God. – Albert Camus, The Rebel

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History

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. – Bertrand Russell

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History

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black mans right to his body, or womans right to her soul. – Emma Goldman

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History

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We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. – Charlie Brown

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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer

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