Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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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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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
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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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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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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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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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