When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTERWe cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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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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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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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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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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