We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
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We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
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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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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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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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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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