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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

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Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. – Jimmy Carter

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Patriotism
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Jimmy Carter
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My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception. – Jimmy Carter

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Women
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Jimmy Carter
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Its very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth. – Jimmy Carter

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Government
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Jimmy Carter
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Other Quotes from
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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson

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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

If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country. – James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, 1861

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Presidents Day

We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Presidents Day

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Miracle me no miracles. – Miguel de Cervantes

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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for moneys sake. – John D. Rockefeller

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Money

I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but Im not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, whats been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character. – Nicole Kidman

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power

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied. – Nan Fairbrother

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Humankind