Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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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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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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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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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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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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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’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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