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.
JIMMY CARTEROne of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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.
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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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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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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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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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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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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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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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