The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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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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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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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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