The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
JIMMY CARTERAll I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in 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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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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I 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.
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