When 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.
JIMMY CARTERI have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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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 become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
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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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This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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