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It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
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That we could live in a country with no rules for the rich, no rights for the poor, and no middle class to speak of, is wrong it's a crime against the next generation and we've got to do something about it.
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The Russians have had and continue to have an active program to undermine American society.
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We should not allow the fundamentalists and the bigots to take over and speak for the great faiths any more than we should let them take over and speak for the great nation.
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As champions of green jobs, we're asking questions that progressives should like, like How are we going to avoid baking the planet, and How are we going to create jobs for ordinary Americans? Meanwhile, we're offering solutions that conservative should like. I'm not calling for more welfare I'm calling for more work.
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Fighting for and defending the values from the pulpit is critical. You can't love the Creator, and disrespect the creation.
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I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century, and continue to.
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