If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
JIMMY CARTERWe know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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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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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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 say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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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 think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
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