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.
JIMMY CARTEREvery advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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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.
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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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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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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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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We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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