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Quote by Jimmy Carter
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Ive used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, Ive still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth. – Jimmy Carter

Other quotes by Jimmy Carter

When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land. – Jimmy Carter

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Peace
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Jimmy Carter
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Its not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. – Jimmy Carter

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Failure
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Jimmy Carter
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For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. – Jimmy Carter

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Happiness
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Jimmy Carter
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environmental
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Im a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. – David Frum

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environmental

We assume that everythings becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense thats true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. – Paul Hawken

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environmental

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to Chinas continued development. Thats according to me, but it is not some wacko view. – James Fallows

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environmental

If China is helping its domestic industries charge an artificially low price for solar panels and other environmental goods, then China is violating international trade rules that it agreed to when it became a member of the World Trade Organization. – Ron Wyden

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environmental

Random Quotes

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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Art

History attempts to provide society with an artificial collective memory. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences

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History

On Linden, when the sun was low,
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow,
And dark as winter was the flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly. – Thomas Campbell

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Snow

She kissed me, and my mouth wrote a poem of welcome to her lips. – Terri Guillemets

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Kissing