The book and the movement share a common faith in supremacy of individual liberty and the importance of limited government.

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President Obama has described how his earliest inspirations were faith leaders of the civil rights movement, including Dr. King, and Catholic leaders like Father Ted Hesburgh.

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Change is working with the Reform movement, and other faith-based groups, to reform the federal faith-based initiatives, improving the way we partner with organizations that serve people in need.

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One man who has set out to make sure that isn't the case is Ralph Reed, a veteran GOP leader in the evangelical movement and founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, an organization that mobilizes religious voters.

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Capital controls are now in place in Cyprus, anathema in a region in which free movement of capital has been an article of faith.

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More tolerant and mystical versions of the faith, as well as the ultra-puritanism of the Salafist movement, also compete for market share.

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We need a movement that bridges party lines, that unites business and labor and faith communities and law enforcement communities, and all who know that America cannot continue operating with a broken immigration system.

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