America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
JIMMY CARTERThe truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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 hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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