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.
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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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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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.
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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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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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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.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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