Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
JIMMY CARTERI’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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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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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 can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I’ve never detected any conflict between God’s will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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This view that women are somehow inferior to men is not restricted to one religion or belief. It is widespread. Women are prevented from playing a full and equal role in many faiths.
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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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