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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

Jimmy Carter

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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Effect Spirit Wind
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
Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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Community Division Nation
I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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Chance Count Demand Difference Life Myself
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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Difference Nation Source Strength
Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Agreement Permanent Win
We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Each Other Live Togetherness
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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Deal Government Powerful Privilege Test
God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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Funny God Prayer 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.
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Compassionate Guide Important Justice Life Light See Truth
The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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Fear Humanity Prejudice Strong
I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Discrimination Myself Quite Race Time
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Citizenship Helpless Measurement Treat Weakness
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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Art Boundary Language Love Music Nature Social Transcendence
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.
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Equality Faith Inferior Play Prevent View Woman
I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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Conflict Environmental Nature Place Water

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