I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
JIMMY CARTERWe will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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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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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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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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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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