The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
JIMMY CARTERIt’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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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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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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