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

Jimmy Carter

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTER

Hands Intimidation Opinion People
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
JIMMY CARTER

Country Human Invention Reality Right
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Believe Fools Necessary Production State
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
JIMMY CARTER

Compassionate Government Honesty Myself Nation People
Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
JIMMY CARTER

Consumption Ourselves Worship
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Country Fact Faith Government Myself Prayer Religious
I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
JIMMY CARTER

Kindness Myself Place Position Service
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
JIMMY CARTER

Drown Myself Trouble Wife
Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
JIMMY CARTER

Life People Short Wrong
I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
JIMMY CARTER

Discrimination Myself Quite Race Time
I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
JIMMY CARTER

Human Peace Remember Right
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
JIMMY CARTER

Citizenship Helpless Measurement Treat Weakness
This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
JIMMY CARTER

Equality Faith Inferior Play Prevent View Woman
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
JIMMY CARTER

Knowledge Simplicity Solution Substitution
One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
JIMMY CARTER

Greatness Leadership Nation Time
Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
JIMMY CARTER

Democracy Ourselves Trust

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