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“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.”

Jimmy Carter quotes (American 39th US President (1977-81). Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002. b.1924)

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“Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.”

Dwight David Eisenhower quotes (American 34th President (1953-61). 1890-1969)

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“If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.”

Jimmy Carter quotes (American 39th US President (1977-81). Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002. b.1924)

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“There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.”

Archibald MacLeish quotes (American Poet and Critic. 1892-1982)

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

John Quincy Adams quotes (American 6th US President (1825-29), eldest son of John Adams, 2nd US president. 1767-1848)

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“Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries.”

Bill Clinton quotes (American 42nd US President (1993-2001), b.1946)

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“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.”

Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

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“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.”

Jimmy Carter quotes (American 39th US President (1977-81). Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002. b.1924)

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“It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.”

Alexander Solzhenitsyn quotes (Russian novelist, Nobel Prize for Literature (1970), b.1918)

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“In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.”

Thich Nhat Hanh quotes (Vietnamese Monk, Activist and Writer. b.1926)

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“Americans have different ways of saying things. They say "elevator", we say "lift"... they say "President", we say "stupid psychopathic git.”

Alexai Sayle quotes

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