We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
JIMMY CARTERAnd 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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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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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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