It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Quote by Jimmy Carter

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I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and...

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and...

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very...

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very...

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....

Go out on a limb. Thats where the fruit is.

Go out on a limb. Thats where the fruit is.

I think the government ought to stay out of the religious business.

I think the government ought to stay out of the religious business.

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and...

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and...

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy...

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy...

We cannot be both the worlds leading champion of peace and the worlds leading supplier...

We cannot be both the worlds leading champion of peace and the worlds leading supplier...

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...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

At my age getting a second doctors opinion is kinda like switching slot machines.

At my age getting a second doctors opinion is kinda like switching slot machines.

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but...

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but...

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the...

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the...

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first...

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first...

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...

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....

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which...

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which...

There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered mediocre people running corporate America Their judgments and misjudgments...

There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered mediocre people running corporate America Their judgments and misjudgments...