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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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 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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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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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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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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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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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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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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