Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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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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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The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with…greater joy, peace, and happiness.
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For 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.
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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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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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God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.
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I have never been happier, more exhilarated, at peace, rested, inspired, and aware of the grandeur of the universe and the greatness of God than when I find myself in a natural setting not much changed from the way He made it.
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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
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I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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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.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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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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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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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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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
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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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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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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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