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I still have complete confidence that the United States, if given time, will resolve its problems. We have always been able to do that in the past, whenever we faced difficult questions. The United States still has that innate strength.

— Jimmy Carter

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

Presidency (1977)

I never felt that my dedication to military service was a violation of my faith in Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.

Our Endangered Values (2005)

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others.

Presidency (1977)

The unchanging principles of life predate modern times.

Nobel lecture (2002)

We are over-lawyered and under-represented.

Presidency (1977)

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