I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
JIMMY CARTERI 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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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And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill – do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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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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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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