Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
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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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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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