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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
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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 Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected.
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There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a complicated piece of legislation through ... and the other was the irresponsibility of the press.
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I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my first job. And each time that we've tried to boost the lower level of salary for the most underpaid workers, there have been predictions of catastrophe. But each time, in [m]y opinion, the change has helped our Nation and its economic strength.
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I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon.
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I think the Israelis are beginning to realize more that they are moving toward a one-state solution, which would be a catastrophe for Israel.
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Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth, no matter what difficulties faced us.
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And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.
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Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between the church and state.
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The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
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We are a purely idealistic Nation but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness.
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There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.
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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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I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.
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I think the only way that political system can be corrected is for the American people to see very vividly that it needs repair. If things are going to worse in the future, the American people, in every congressional district in the land, might demand that reforms take place in the political system.
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I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
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The United States is squandering international prestige and goodwill and intensifying global anti-American terrorism by unofficially condoning or abetting the Israeli confiscation and colonization of Palestinian territories.
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.
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I believe strongly that in the eyes of God women and men should be the same and they should be given the same authority in the church, women should as men.
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