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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.

Jimmy Carter

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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Art Boundary Language Love Music Nature Social Transcendence
Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Aggression Angry Sick
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.
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Deal Government Powerful Privilege Test
I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
JIMMY CARTER

Chance Count Demand Difference Life Myself
Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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Life Moments Wonder
Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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Democracy Ourselves Trust
Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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Difference Effort Life Myself People Volunteer
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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Definition Human Identity Oneself
I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
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Challenge Constant Thinking War
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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Drown Myself Trouble Wife
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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Cry Home Need Requirement Start Strength Talk White
I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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Human Peace Remember Right
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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Argument Myself Thinking Time Wife Win
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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Aware Change God Happiness Himself Peace Way
God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
JIMMY CARTER

Funny God Prayer Yourself
I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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Character Farmer Heart Myself

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