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When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between

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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We cant equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. – Jimmy Carter

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Freedom
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I dont want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. Hes a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. – Jimmy Carter

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best
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Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing… you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesnt affect two-thirds of the people of the world. – Jimmy Carter

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Computers
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Peace
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The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. – Mother Teresa

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I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world. – Frank B. Kellogg

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Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace. – George H. W. Bush

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Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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These are strange times. Reason, which once combatted faith and seemed to have conquered it, now has to look to faith to save it from dissolution. – Johan Huizinga

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Faith

The kitchen really is the castle itself. This is where we spend our happiest moments and where we find the joy of being a family. – Mario Batali

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I dont want to wake up and be bored. Thats probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that Ive been on for a long time and had success with? I dont plan on giving it up any time soon. – Tom Brady

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I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone. – Tallulah Bankhead

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