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Jimmy Carter

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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Challenge Constant Thinking War
Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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Community Division Nation
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Country Human Invention Reality Right
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Drown Myself Trouble Wife
God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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Funny God Prayer Yourself
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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Believe Country History Ourselves People Time Worst
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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God Happiness Harmony Joy Live Peace Strong Tying
Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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Effort Fruit Struggle
We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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Existence Hungry Peace Poverty World
The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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Abuse Earth Human Violation Woman
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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Difference Nation Source Strength
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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Father Life Memories Myself President Public
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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Ability Alignment Each Other Face Faith Government Restore Simplicity
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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Country Demand Discussion Inheritance Problem Serious
When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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Existence Inspirational Life Myself Production Reflection Time Way
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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Leadership War Weapon World
We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Each Other Live Togetherness
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Change Hold Principle Time
You always get back much more than you give.
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Generosity Karma Yourself
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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Interest People Possible Service Truth Yourself
Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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Failure Freedom Generation Guide Pride Reach Space Young
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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Marriage Myself People Personal Sexuality Word
One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Greatness Leadership Nation Time
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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Art Beautiful Different Dreams Hope Pieces
Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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Communication Fear Hope Open Ourselves Question
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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Existence Life Opportunity Peaceful Right Suffering
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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Cry Home Need Requirement Start Strength Talk White

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