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.
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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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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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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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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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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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 should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
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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.
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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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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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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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All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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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 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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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things – he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
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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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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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