Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

Quote by Jimmy Carter

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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I cant get my wife to...

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I cant get my wife to...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier...

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

You just have to have a simple faith.

You just have to have a simple faith.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to...

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to...

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to...

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to...

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.

You cant divorce religious belief and public service Ive never detected any conflict between Gods...

You cant divorce religious belief and public service Ive never detected any conflict between Gods...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

Ive looked on a lot of women with lust. Ive committed adultery in my heart...

Ive looked on a lot of women with lust. Ive committed adultery in my heart...

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering,...

Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering,...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. Ive never detected any conflict between...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. Ive never detected any conflict between...

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a...

It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school,...

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

In a republican nation, whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and...

My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly...

My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly...

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....