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.
JIMMY CARTERI say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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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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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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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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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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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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