We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTER
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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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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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.
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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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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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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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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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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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