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.
JIMMY CARTERI am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with…greater joy, peace, and happiness.
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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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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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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 am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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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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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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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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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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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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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