I 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.
JIMMY CARTERWhat 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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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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You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
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We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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