We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
JIMMY CARTERTo be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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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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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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I am no big shot. I am not anybody’s boss. I want to be everybody’s servant.
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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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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Throughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
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