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.
JIMMY CARTERThe abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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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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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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