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.
JIMMY CARTER
To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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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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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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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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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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You always get back much more than you give.
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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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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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