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 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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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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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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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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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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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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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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