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.
JIMMY CARTERWe cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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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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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with…greater joy, peace, and happiness.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill – do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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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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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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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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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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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