We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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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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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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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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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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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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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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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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.
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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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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
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Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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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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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.
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