Jim Wallis

“Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.”

“The budget is a moral document.”

“Justice is what love looks like in public.”

“Our politics are our deepest form of public discipleship.”

“Social change is a marathon, not a sprint.”

“The Bible is a book about the poor. The Bible is a book about God's love for the poor.”

“Poverty is not a fate, it is a condition. It is not a misfortune, it is an injustice.”

“Cynicism is a choice. Hope is a better choice.”

“Faith without works is dead. And maybe so is work without faith.”

“What if 'loving your enemies' is not a utopian dream but a practical survival strategy?”

“The moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.”

“To be a Christian is to be a person of hope.”

“Worship is a verb. It is not a musical style. It is a life style.”

“The common good is not a matter of charity. It is a matter of justice.”

“God’s politics is not about the left or the right, but about the top and the bottom.”