I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
JIMMY CARTERAlways tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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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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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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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.
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Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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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.
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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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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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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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