I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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’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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I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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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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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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