We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
JIMMY CARTERFor the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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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 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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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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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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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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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 want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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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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