We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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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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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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What 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.
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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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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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