I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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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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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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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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 always get back much more than you give.
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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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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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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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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.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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 cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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