The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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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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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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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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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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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 am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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