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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.

Jimmy Carter

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Each Other Live Togetherness
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Country Human Invention Reality Right
Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
JIMMY CARTER

Democracy Ourselves Trust
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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Argument Myself Thinking Time Wife Win
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
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
Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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Answer Faith Final Necessary
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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Country Fact Faith Government Myself Prayer Religious
Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Agreement Permanent Win
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
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
Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Aggression Angry Sick
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 have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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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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Father Life Memories Myself President Public

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.

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