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Jimmy Carter

Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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Failure Freedom Generation Guide Pride Reach Space Young
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Country Human Invention Reality Right
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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Believe Country History Ourselves People Time Worst
It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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Concentration Decision Difficult Lock
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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Compassionate Government Honesty Myself Nation People
We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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Knowledge Simplicity Solution Substitution
I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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Direction Hate Live Prevail
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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Achievement Fear Human Mad Yourself
Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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Hell Myself Straight Way
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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Believe Fools Necessary Production State
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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Leadership War Weapon World
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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Compassionate Guide Important Justice Life Light See Truth
I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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Human Peace Remember Right
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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Equality Faith Inferior Play Prevent View Woman
Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Agreement Permanent Win
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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Marriage Myself People Personal Sexuality Word

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