Jimmy Carter Quotes - Page 4

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• The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire world. The Declaration of Independence declared that people can govern themselves, that they can live in freedom with equal rights, that they can respect the rights of others.

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  Inspirational Life, Rights, People

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• Each of us must rededicate ourselves to serving the common good. We are a community. Our individual Fates are linked; our futures intertwined; and if we act in that knowledge and in that spirit together, as the Bible says: "We can move mountains."

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  Moving, Fate, Community

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1978). “Jimmy Carter”

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• America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made our country great too is its heterogeneous population where people come here from all over the world.

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  Country, Thinking, America

  "Big Think Interview With Jimmy Carter". Interview with Andrea Useem, bigthink.com. November 30, 2010.

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• A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not blatant and arrogant; because our people want to serve others and not dominate others. And a nation without morality will soon lose its influence around the world.

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  Country, Military, Humble

  Jimmy Carter (2005). “Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Country, Believe, Patriotic

  "Does Obama Believe Americans Support Tax Hikes?". www.foxnews.com. July 15, 2011.

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• According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. Well, Hubert Humphrey may have sinned in the eyes of God, as we all do, but according to those definitions of Gandhi's, it was Hubert Humphrey without sin.

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  Hard Work, Knowledge, Character

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1978). “Jimmy Carter”

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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; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana.

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  Weed, Marijuana, Law

  U.S. President in a message to the U.S. Congress, 1977.

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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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  Nature, Greatness, Way

  Jimmy Carter (1994). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, p.6, University of Arkansas Press

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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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  Weed, Marijuana, Drug Use

  Jimmy Carter (2010). “White House Diary”, p.74, Macmillan

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• We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During this period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities - not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.

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  Patriotic, Commitment, Past

  Jimmy Carter's Farewell Address, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. January 14, 1981.

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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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  Peace, Freedom, Opportunity

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• We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.

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  Christian, Islamic, Democracy

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• The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.

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  Religious, Fear, Selfish

  "The Elders Speak: Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter And Mary Robinson". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 04, 2010.

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• I'm a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.

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  Heart, Georgia, Peanuts

  "39th U.S. President President Jimmy Carter". "The Tavis Smiley show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. October 25, 2010.

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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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  Men, Views, Atheism

  "The words of God do not justify cruelty to women". theelders.org. July 12, 2009.

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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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  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  1978 Address to the Future Farmers of America, Kansas City, 9 Nov.

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• I just look at death as not a threat. It's inevitable, and I have an assurance of eternal life.

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  Death, Religion, Looks

  Jimmy Carter (1998). “Conversations with Carter”, p.55, Lynne Rienner Publishers

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• In a nuclear age, each of us is threatened when peace is not secured everywhere.

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  Peace, Age, Nuclear

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1978). “Jimmy Carter”

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• When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.

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  War, White, House

  "Interview: President Jimmy Carter Talks About His New Bible and Christian Beliefs". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• I think the Bible is completely inspired by God in its overall messages. But, for the people of those days to know what was going to happen 4,000 years later in a world of astronomy or subatomic particles. They didn't have access to the knowledge that we presently have about geology. So, we know now that the world was created many of billions of years ago, 13 or 14 billion years ago. As far as they knew, the earth was the center of the universe. They thought that stars were little twinkling things in the sky where as now we know stars are very distant and much larger than the earth.

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  Stars, Thinking, Sky

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• I don't believe that China, in my lifetime or maybe my children's lifetime, be equal to the United States militarily speaking, but they are very careful to avoid any engagement in war, they are basically a peaceful country, which gives them another advantage over the United States when we are much more inclined to go to war for various reasons.

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  Country, Children, War

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. November 30, 2010.

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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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  Faith, Confidence, America

  Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

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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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  Girl, Powerful, Abuse

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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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  Responsibility, Pride, Grandchildren

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1980). “Jimmy Carter”

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• We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.

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  Common Sense, Substitutes, Resorts

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1979). “Jimmy Carter”

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