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.
JIMMY CARTERI 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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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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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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