Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
JIMMY CARTERIt’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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 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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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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 abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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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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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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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