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We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
39Th U.S. President
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You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.
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We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.
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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 with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.
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When your troops go to war, the prime minister or the president change overnight from an administrator, dealing with taxation and welfare and health and deteriorating roads, into the commander-in-chief. And it's just become almost unpatriotic to describe Bush's fallacious and ill-advised and mistaken and sometimes misleading actions.
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On the basis of both values and interests, the natural relationship between Islam and the United States is one of friendship.
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You can already download any of the religious texts onto electronic mechanisms like a Kindle. But I think many people prefer to hold a book in their hands.
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We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam.
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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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If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.
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My wish is peace for Israel and for Israel's neighbors.
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There was never any question about the morality of hunting, but neither was there any acceptance of killing for the sake of a trophy.
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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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The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with...greater joy, peace, and happiness.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself
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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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Jesus is the Son of God, we have a chance for God's blessings, God's salvation through our faith in Jesus Christ and all of us are sinners who fall short of the glory of God, and the wages of sin is death but through our faith that Jesus Christ, we can be saved.
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America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made our country great too is its heterogeneous population where people come here from all over the world.
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The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam.
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