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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights, a clear personal goal. The quotes stress that how we treat our weakest citizens reflects the measure of a society. Human rights are linked to foreign policy and moral duty, showing that freedom elsewhere matters too.

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God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

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At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

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Our Income Tax System is a disgrace to the human race.

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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.

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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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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.

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Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation…

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The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle…

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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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I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a…

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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will…

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We believe that the first time we're born, as children, it's human life given to us; and when we accept Jesus as…

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There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic…

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When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to…

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It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that…

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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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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 am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing…

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Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference…

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I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've…

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Forgiving is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means looking at some…

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The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless…

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I would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I…

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Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I…

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I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my…

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In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us…

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The first year I was in office, only about 800 people came out of the Soviet Union, Jews. By the third year…

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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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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed…

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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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The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try…

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I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is…

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Our goals are also the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world…

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On human rights, civil rights and environmental quality, I consider myself to be very liberal. On the management of government, on openness…

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I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of…

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I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years. I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the…

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When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God,…

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In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize…

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One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and…

I think politicians really go with the tide.

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Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined

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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.…