We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
JIMMY CARTERAll I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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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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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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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 know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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