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.
JIMMY CARTERLife is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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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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