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.
JIMMY CARTERThe 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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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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Trust is very much a part of our democracy.
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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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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
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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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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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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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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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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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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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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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