Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
JIMMY CARTERJerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
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All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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