We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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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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.
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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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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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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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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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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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