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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.

Jimmy Carter

I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
JIMMY CARTER

Human Peace Remember Right
America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Democracy Function Moments
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Believe Country History Ourselves People Time Worst
Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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Effort Fruit Struggle
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Deal Government Powerful Privilege Test
Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
JIMMY CARTER

Hell Myself Straight Way
Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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Effect Spirit Wind
Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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Life People Short Wrong
We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
JIMMY CARTER

Change Choice Suffering Togetherness Work
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.
JIMMY CARTER

Cry Home Need Requirement Start Strength Talk White
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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Father Life Memories Myself President Public
To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Deep Ourselves True
We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
JIMMY CARTER

Ability Alignment Each Other Face Faith Government Restore Simplicity
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
JIMMY CARTER

Achievement Fear Human Mad Yourself
It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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Determination Failure Fear Necessary
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
JIMMY CARTER

Existence Life Opportunity Peaceful Right Suffering

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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