We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTERI am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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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.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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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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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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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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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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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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All 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.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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