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.
JIMMY CARTERLife is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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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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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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.
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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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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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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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