We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
JIMMY CARTERTo be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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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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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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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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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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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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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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