Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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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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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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A fundamentalist can’t bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.
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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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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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