Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
JIMMY CARTERI am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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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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I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
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Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
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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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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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