Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
JIMMY CARTERWherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.
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What are the things that you can’t see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love…They’re the guiding lights of a life.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
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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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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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We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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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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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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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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I am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
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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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