One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
JIMMY CARTER
JIMMY CARTER
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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.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 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.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 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 CarterJimmy Carter We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 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.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 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.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 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.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter 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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