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Political speech5 quotes
A simple and a proper function of government is just to make it easy for us to do good and difficult for us to do wrong. — Jimmy Carter · 1976We recall in special times when we have stood briefly, but magnificently, united. In those times no prize was beyond our grasp. — Jimmy Carter · 1977Our Nation can be strong abroad only if it is strong at home. And we know that the best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation. — Jimmy Carter · 1977We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. — Jimmy Carter · 1977Ours was the first society openly to define itself in terms of both spirituality and human liberty. It is that unique self-definition which has given us an exceptional appeal, but it also imposes on us a special obligation, to take on those moral duties which, when assumed, seem invariably to be in our own best interests. — Jimmy Carter · 1977