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.
JIMMY CARTERThis view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented 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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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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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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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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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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You always get back much more than you give.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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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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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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