We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
JIMMY CARTERGo out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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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 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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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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