We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
JIMMY CARTERPenalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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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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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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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