America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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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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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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