I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
JIMMY CARTERCommunicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
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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.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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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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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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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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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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