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.
JIMMY CARTERA fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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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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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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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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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
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