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.
JIMMY CARTERWhen I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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