Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
JIMMY CARTERJerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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.
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I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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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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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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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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