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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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...

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....

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....

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization...

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization...

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the...

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have 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.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different...

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different...

I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But...

I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But...

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs,...

We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs,...

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...

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual...

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual...

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

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...

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....

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

Every truth you find ultimately leads to the first truth Lover. The first spoken words...

Every truth you find ultimately leads to the first truth Lover. The first spoken words...

As the post said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard...

As the post said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard...

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.