Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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