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.
JIMMY CARTERJerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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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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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Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
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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 have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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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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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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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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 am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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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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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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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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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