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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

Jimmy Carter

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.
JIMMY CARTER

Believe Country History Ourselves People Time Worst
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.
JIMMY CARTER

God Happiness Harmony Joy Live Peace Strong Tying
I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
JIMMY CARTER

Chance Count Demand Difference Life Myself
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
JIMMY CARTER

Damage Drugs Possession
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Cry Home Need Requirement Start Strength Talk White
The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
JIMMY CARTER

Abuse Earth Human Violation Woman
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
JIMMY CARTER

Change Hold Principle Time
One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
JIMMY CARTER

Greatness Leadership Nation Time
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
JIMMY CARTER

Achievement Fear Human Mad Yourself
We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTER

Existence Hungry Peace Poverty World
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Ability Alignment Each Other Face Faith Government Restore Simplicity
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Care Day Important Remove Run Value
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
JIMMY CARTER

Compassionate Government Honesty Myself Nation People
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Believe Fools Necessary Production State
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Country Fact Faith Government Myself Prayer Religious
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Conflict Environmental Nature Place Water

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