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Own Quotes by Jimmy Carter
- 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.
- The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its…
- There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation…
- I am a nuclear physicist by training and a deeply committed Christian. I don't have any doubt in my own mind about God who created…
- Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that…
- The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate…
- The United States...has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our deepest religious convictions,…
- Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well fed…
- The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international…
- Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last 15 or 20 years, I have taught every Sunday when I…
- Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will not be in danger. on the Diane Rehm…
- We have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth -- one for every five-hundred Americans; three times as many as are in England, four times…
- Being confident of our own future, we are now free of that inordinate fear of communism which once led us to embrace any dictator who…
- Our goals are the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world share in growth, in…
- When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
- We are grossly wasting our energy resources and other precious raw materials as though their supply were infinite. We must even face the prospect of…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov