To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
JIMMY CARTERI hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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.
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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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.
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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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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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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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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