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.
JIMMY CARTERAmerica did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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