You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

Quote by Jimmy Carter

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

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

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...

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than...

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between...

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...

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,...

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

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...

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...

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...

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about...

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about...

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women'...

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women'...

You just have to have a simple faith.

You just have to have a simple faith.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

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...

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...

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....

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even...

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even...

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...