We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
JIMMY CARTEROne 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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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 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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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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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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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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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