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.
JIMMY CARTERBecause 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.
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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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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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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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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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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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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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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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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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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 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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