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 CARTERI’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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 hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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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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