Quote by Jimmy Carter
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense... human

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America. – Jimmy Carter

Other quotes by Jimmy Carter

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. – Jimmy Carter

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Experience
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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each others children. – Jimmy Carter

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Peace
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I dont think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesnt at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang. – Jimmy Carter

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Faith
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. – George Washington

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Presidents Day

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. – George Washington, letter, 1789

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Presidents Day

Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul. – Cass Gilbert

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Presidents Day

I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle; but today it means getting along with people. – Indira Gandhi

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Presidents Day

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The discovery of song and the creation of musical instruments both owed their origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention: the need for rhythm in life… the need is a deep one, transcending thought, and disregarded at our peril. – Richard Baker

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By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities. – Dan Lipinski

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The capacity youre thinking of is imagination without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction. – William Trevor

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