If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
JIMMY CARTERThroughout 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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All 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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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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