I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of keeping religious institutions separate from government affairs.
Jimmy Carter's quote reflects a foundational principle of democratic governance, advocating for the separation of church and state. It underscores the belief that governmental authority should not be influenced by religious beliefs, ensuring that all citizens can coexist in a pluralistic society free from religious coercion in political matters.
In practice
In a discussion about religious freedom and government policy.
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.
despite all our desperate, eternal attempts to separate, contain and mend, categories always leak.
Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue. Yet emotions are also our indispensable tool for navigating, for feeling our way through, the much larger domain of stuff that isn't susceptible to proof or disproof, that isn't checkable against the physical universe.
Abortion is murder in the womb...A child is a gift of God. If you do not want him, give him to me.
[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid.
Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.
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