I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
JIMMY CARTERTrust is very much a part of our democracy.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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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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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.
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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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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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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 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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