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.
JIMMY CARTERBecause (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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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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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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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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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