The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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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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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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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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 say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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