America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
JIMMY CARTERLike music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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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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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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