Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
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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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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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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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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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I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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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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Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
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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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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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Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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