Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
JIMMY CARTERWe are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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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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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
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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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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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