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 CARTERI’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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill – do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
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The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with…greater joy, peace, and happiness.
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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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