"In the life of the human spirit, words……" — Jimmy Carter
"In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries where freedom of expression is taken for granted. The leaders of totalitarian nations understand this very well. The proof is that words are precisely the action for which dissidents in those countries are being persecuted."
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Jimmy Carter
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299 Quotes by Jimmy Carter
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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