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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.

Jimmy Carter

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.
JIMMY CARTER

God Happiness Harmony Joy Live Peace Strong Tying
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
JIMMY CARTER

Damage Drugs Possession
I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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Existence Myself See
You always get back much more than you give.
JIMMY CARTER

Generosity Karma Yourself
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Compassionate Guide Important Justice Life Light See Truth
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
We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTER

Existence Hungry Peace Poverty World
We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
JIMMY CARTER

Each Other Live Togetherness
I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Discrimination Myself Quite Race Time
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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Change Choice Suffering Togetherness Work
When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTER

Hands Intimidation Opinion People
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
America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Democracy Function Moments
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
JIMMY CARTER

Citizenship Helpless Measurement Treat Weakness
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Myself Public Religious Service Violation
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Country Human Invention Reality Right

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