Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
JIMMY CARTERGod always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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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 can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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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 want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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