Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
JIMMY CARTERYou can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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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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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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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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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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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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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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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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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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 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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