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.
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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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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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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
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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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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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