When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTERThe abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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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 am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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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.
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Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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