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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.


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LILLIAN CARTER If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one.
ALLY CARTER And Zach was taking his jacket off and draping it around my shoulders, which (according to Liz, who ...
ALLY CARTER Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
ANGELA CARTER A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessaril...
ROSALYNN CARTER Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, le...
HODDING CARTER I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.
LILLIAN CARTER As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air po...
MAJORA CARTER Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
JIMMY CARTER You need to have explosive power. So you need to have good agility to move your feet quick and be in...
MICHELLE CARTER I hate parameters. They immediately alienate a bunch of people.
CARLENE CARTER Just because you have a piece of trash and you throw it away and it gets hauled away, it doesn't...
MAJORA CARTER Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the ...
JIMMY CARTER I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God kno...
JIMMY CARTER