Jim Wallis

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.”