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
Every 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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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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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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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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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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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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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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