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.
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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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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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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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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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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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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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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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