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.
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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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.
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And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill – do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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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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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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I’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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