America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
JIMMY CARTERWhat 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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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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