It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
JIMMY CARTERTrust is very much a part of our democracy.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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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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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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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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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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Because 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.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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.
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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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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 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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