We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
JIMMY CARTERPenalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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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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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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Because (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.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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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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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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I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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