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Jimmy Carter jokes that people now wave at him with all five fingers, showing his playful view of the country. He talks about sharing UFO information, learning from political setbacks, and the nation’s history of innovation and daring ideas. He also mentions tough topics like abortion rates and the fight against terrorism.

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Two problems of our country - energy and malaise.

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Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.

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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…

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No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find…

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But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential…

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My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all…

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We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of…

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(Doctors) collectively have done more to block adequate medical care for people of this country than any other single group.

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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…

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In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of…

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Our laws were not designed to accommodate three or four thousand refugees coming here per day. Our laws were designed for people…

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The heartfelt sympathy and friendship offered to America after the 9/11 attacks, even from formerly antagonistic regimes, has been largely dissipated; increasingly…

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I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. [The loss taught me] not to ever let American hostages be held for…

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On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had…

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I think doctors care very deeply about their patients, but when they organize into the AMA, their responsibility is to the welfare…

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The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and…

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We will have an unchallenged, open, panoramic opportunity on a global scale to demonstrate the finest aspects of what we know in…

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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…

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On both of my major trips to North Korea, the leaders of the country made it plain that they want to make…

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I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance…

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With this new stupid Supreme Court ruling, secret money can come in on an unlimited level from corporations. Nobody knows where it…

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We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will…

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Prostitution thrives in the United States. We focus in this country on punishing the girls. For every brothel owner or pimp or…

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Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst…

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If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in…

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We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by…

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It's abominable, and it's a disgrace to a great democracy to see what's happened in our country. The main reason for that…

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In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries…

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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…

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The special relationship between the United States and Israel still stands. Our total committments to Israel's security and our hope for peace…

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In the United States, you might say every county has got its own separate system. There's not even one kind of ballot…

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We know definitively that Al-Qaida isn't all over Afghanistan anymore. According to CIA estimates, there are less than a hundred Al-Qaida members…

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We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched…

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I guess my biggest failure was not getting re-elected. And I learned two things; one is that you ought not to ever…

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In this great country of ours, it is inexcusable that so many children grow up in poverty and despair. The well-being of…

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I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one…

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I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the…

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One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals…

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Rosalynn said, "Jimmy, if we could only get Prime Minister Begin and President Sadat up here on this mountain for a few…

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If I become President, I'll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public, and the…

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Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined

Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come…

I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of…

Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think…

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the…

I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more…

Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life...

Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally.…