I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
JIMMY CARTERLife is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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.
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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’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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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