I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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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’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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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 am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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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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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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 cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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