When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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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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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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