There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state.
Interpretation
The quote discusses the alignment of the Christian right with conservative political factions, emphasizing the belief in the importance of separating religion from government.
In this quote, Jimmy Carter reflects on the alliance between the Christian right and conservative political elements within the Republican Party, highlighting his steadfast belief in the principle of church and state separation. He expresses concern about how this partnership poses a threat to the secular nature of governance, which he deems essential for maintaining democratic freedoms and pluralism in society.
In practice
This quote could be used in a political debate to emphasize the importance of keeping religion out of governance.
Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is the first step in dealing with them. We can meet the resource problems of the world - water, food, minerals, farmlands, forests, overpopulation, pollution - if we tackle them with courage and foresight.
The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine.
I would say the biggest handicap we have right now is some nutcases in our country that don't believe in global warming. I think they are going to change their position because of pressure from individuals, because the evidence of the ravages of global warming is already there.
If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no downside to it.
My understanding of racial discrimination as a child was highly distorted because the most prominent man in Archery was an African-American bishop. When he came home from up north, where he was in charge of A.M.E. churches in five states, it was front-page news. He was the most successful man in my life.
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
It is only by questioning what people take for granted, what people hold to be true, that we can break through the hypnosis of social conditioning.
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Someday stars will wind down or blow up. Someday death will cover us all like the water of a lake and perhaps nothing will ever come to the surface to show that we were ever there. But we WERE there, and during the time we lived, we were alive. That's the truth - what is, what was, what will be - not what could be, what should have been, what never can be.
History and memory share events; that is, they share time and space. Every moment is two moments.
Sure baby, mañana. It was always mañana. For the next few weeks that was all I heard––mañana a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul.
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