A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
JIMMY CARTERI’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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 cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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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.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill – do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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