Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
JIMMY CARTERA 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.
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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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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