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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
39Th U.S. President
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I have a great deal of confidence in myself and in my faith.
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I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.
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I have a very personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It doesn't depend on the fact that he can walk on water.
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[on the Republican party] A party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future.
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
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I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more popular it is.
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When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.
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We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched a missile, and we never fired a bullet while I was in office. Yet we protected the interests of the American people in a peaceful, but strong way.
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If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country is unjust and outdated.
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