g win Some quotations from Jimmy Carter. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Some quotations from Jimmy Carter. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Some quotations from Jimmy Carter. We have a tendency to exalt ourselves and to dwell on the weaknesses and mistakes of others. I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. Political and religious leaders must attempt to provide a society within which these human attributes can be nurtured and enhanced. — from 1975 book “Why Not the Best?” ___ Our government can express the highest common ideals of human beings — if we demand of government true standards of excellence. At this Bicentennial time of introspection and concern, we must demand such standards. — “Why Not the Best?” ___ I am a Southerner and an American, I am a farmer, an engineer, a father and husband, a Christian, a politician and former governor, a planner, a businessman, a nuclear physicist, a naval officer, a canoeist, and among other things a lover of Bob Dylan’s songs and Dylan Thomas’s poetry. — “Why Not the Best?” ___ Christ said, “I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery.” I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognizes I will do — and I have done it — and God forgives me for it. But that doesn’t mean that I condemn someone who not only looks on a woman with lust but who leaves his wife and shacks up with somebody out of wedlock. — Interview, November 1976 Playboy. ___ This inauguration ceremony marks a new beginning, a new dedication within our Government, and a new spirit among us all. A President may sense and proclaim that new spirit, but only a people can provide it. — Inaugural address, January 1977. ___ It’s clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper — deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation and recession. ... All the legislation in the world can’t fix what’s wrong with America. ... It is a crisis of confidence. — So-called “malaise” speech, July 1979. ___ But we know that democracy is always an unfinished creation. Each generation must renew its foundations. Each generation must rediscover the meaning of this hallowed vision in the light of its own modern challenges. For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival; liberty is human rights; the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. — Farewell Address, January 1981. ___ We appreciate the past. We are grateful for the present and we’re looking forward to the future with great anticipation and commitment. — October 1986, at the dedication of the Carter Presidential Library and Museum. ___ War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other’s children. — December 2002, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. ___ Fundamentalists have become increasingly influential in both religion and government, and have managed to change the nuances and subtleties of historic debate into black-and-white rigidities and the personal derogation of those who dare to disagree. ... The influence of these various trends poses a threat to many of our nation’s historic customs and moral commitments, both in government and in houses of worship. — From 2005 book “Our Endangered Values.” ___ I think that this breakthrough by Barack Obama has been remarkable. When he made his speech (on race) a few months ago in Philadelphia, I wept. I sat in front of the television and cried, because I saw that as the most enlightening and transforming analysis of racism and a potential end of it that I ever saw in my life. — August 2008, commenting on then-Sen. Barack Obama’s candidacy. ___ I think it’s based on racism. There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president. ... No matter who he is or how much we disagree with his policies, the president should be treated with respect. — September 2009, reacting to Rep. Joe Wilson’s shout of “You lie!” during a speech to Congress by President Barack Obama. ___ I’m still determined to outlive the last guinea worm. — 2010, on The Carter Center’s work to eradicate guinea worm disease. ___ You know how much I raised to run against Gerald Ford? Zero. You know how much I raised to run against Ronald Reagan? Zero. You know how much will be raised this year by all presidential, Senate and House campaigns? $6 billion. That’s 6,000 millions. — September 2012, reacting to the 2010 “Citizens United” U.S. Supreme Court decision permitting unlimited third-party political spending. ___ I have become convinced that the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare, unfortunately following the example set during my lifetime by the United States. — From 2014 book “A Call to Action.” ___ I don’t think there’s any doubt now that the NSA or other agencies monitor or record almost every telephone call made in the United States, including cellphones, and I presume email as well. We’ve gone a long way down the road of violating Americans’ basic civil rights, as far as privacy is concerned. — March 2014, commenting on U.S. intelligence monitoring after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks ___ We accept self-congratulations about the wonderful 50th anniversary – which is wonderful – but we feel like Lyndon Johnson did it and we don’t have to do anything anymore. — April 2014, commenting on racial inequality during a celebration of the Civil Rights Act’s 40th anniversary. ___ I had a very challenging question at Emory (University) the other night: “How would you describe the United States of America today in one word?” And I didn’t know what to say for a few moments, but I finally said, “Searching.” I think the country in which we live is still searching for what it ought to be, and what it can be, and I’m not sure we’re making much progress right at this moment. — October 2014 during a celebration of his 90th birthday. ___ The life we have now is the best of all. We have an expanding and harmonious family, a rich life in our church and the Plains community, and a diversity of projects at The Carter Center that is adventurous and exciting. Rosalynn and I have visited more than 145 countries, and both of us are as active as we have ever been. We are blessed with good health and look to the future with eagerness and confidence, but are prepared for inevitable adversity when it comes. — From 2015 book, “A Full Life.” Advertisement AdvertisementBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 100,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the height of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protestor Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living" and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The lack of affordable housing has become one of the leading concerns for the southern European Union country, mirroring the housing crunch across many parts of the world, including the United States . Organizers said that over 100,000 had turned out, while Barcelona’s police said they estimated some 22,000 marched. Either way, the throngs of people clogging the streets recalled the massive separatist rallies at the height of the previous decade’s Catalan independence movement. Now, social concerns led by housing have displaced political crusades. That is because the average rent for Spain has doubled in last 10 years. The price per square meter has risen from 7.2 euros ($7.5) in 2014 to 13 euros this year, according to the popular online real estate website Idealista. The growth is even more acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid. Incomes meanwhile have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Protestor Samuel Saintot said he is “frustrated and scared” after being told by the owners of the apartment he has rented for the past 15 years in Barcelona’s city center that he must vacate the premises. He suspects that the owners want him out so they can renovate it and boost the price. “Even looking in a 20- or 30-kilometer radius outside town, I can’t even find anything within the price range I can afford,” he told The Associated Press. “And I consider myself a very fortunate person, because I earn a decent salary. And even in my case, I may be forced to leave town.” A report by the Bank of Spain indicates that nearly 40% of Spaniards who rent dedicate an average of 40% of their income to paying rents and utilities, compared to the European Union average of 27% of renters who do so. “We are talking about a housing emergency. It means people having many difficulties both in accessing and staying in their homes,” said Ignasi Martí, professor for Esade business school and head of its Dignified Housing Observatory. The rise in rents is causing significant pain in Spain, where traditionally people seek to own their homes. Rental prices have also been driven up by short-term renters including tourists. Many migrants to Spain are also disproportionately hit by the high rents because they often do not have enough savings. Spain is near the bottom end of OECD countries with under 2% of all housing available being public housing for rent. The OECD average is 7%. Spain is far behind France, with 14%, Britain with 16%, and the Netherlands with 34%. Carme Arcarazo, spokesperson for Barcelona’s Tenants Union which helped organize the protest, said that renters should consider a “rent strike” and cease paying their monthly rents in a mass protest movement. “I think we the tenants have understood that this depends on us. That we can’t keep asking and making demands to the authorities and waiting for an answer. We must take the reins of the situation,” Arcarazo told the AP. “So, if they (the owners) won’t lower the rent, then we will force them to do it." The Barcelona protest came a month after tens of thousands rallied against high rents in Madrid. The rising discontent over housing is putting pressure on Spain’s governing Socialist party, which leads a coalition on the national level and is in charge of Catalonia’s regional government and Barcelona’s city hall. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided over what the government termed a “housing summit” including government officials and real estate developers last month. But the Barcelona’s Tenants Union boycotted the event, saying it was like calling a summit for curing cancer and inviting tobacco companies to participate. The leading government measure has been a rent cap mechanism that the central government has offered to regional authorities based on a price index established by the housing ministry. Rent controls can be applied to areas deemed to be “highly stressed” by high rental prices. Catalonia was the first region to apply those caps, which are in place in downtown Barcelona. Many locals blame the million of tourists who visit Barcelona, and the rest of Spain, each year for the high prices. Barcelona’s town hall has pledged to completely eliminate the city’s 10,000 so called “tourist apartments,” or dwellings with permits for short-term rents, by 2028.

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Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of material from 11 contributing columnists , along with other commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here . ••• Thanksgiving is celebrated as a day of gratitude and togetherness, but its history has complexities. For some Native Americans, the holiday is a reminder of the colonial displacement and violence that followed early interactions between Indigenous peoples and settlers. As we approach this year’s Thanksgiving, it’s important to recognize the ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights and representation. In Dakota tradition, the concept of Kapemni — “as above, so below” — symbolizes the mirroring of existence. The sky reflects on the water, and the water reflects the sky. This profound principle underscores the mirroring of both Kate Beane’s and Jeff Ryan’s advocacy, two individuals from seemingly distinct worlds, yet united in their commitment to dismantling false Native American narratives and championing Native American representation. Beane, an enrolled member of the Flandreau Santee band, serves as the executive director of Minnesota Museum of American Art (the M). Through her work, she ensures that Native American art and stories find a place at the cultural table. Ryan, a history teacher in Prescott, Wis., takes his students beyond textbooks, bringing them into the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe tribal community in northern Wisconsin to experience Indigenous culture firsthand. Together, their efforts illustrate the importance of both insiders and allies in challenging erasure and reshaping Native American narratives. I first became aware of Beane because of her role in the renaming of Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis. When we strolled underneath the recently restored dazzling Cass Gilbert stained glassed arcade ceiling at the M, Beane makes sure to point to Native American artwork in the newly expanded New Wing. “So many people know so little about us,” she explains. “To be seen, we have to be front and center, persistent, and clear about who we are.” At the M, she ensures that Native American stories are told not just as relics of the past but as vibrant, evolving and modern threads in the fabric of American identity. There is a gallery dedicated to the works of George Morrison, a distinguished Ojibwe modernist from Chippewa City, Minn., whose paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures have been exhibited New York, Paris and at the White House in Washington. “Our people have been fighting for the bare minimum for the last 500 years,” Beane says. But today, she strives for more than survival — she dreams of thriving. Her work at the M and with Bde Maka Ska are acts of resistance against centuries of erasure. The very existence of Indigenous people in these spaces, she asserts, is political. Her work requires allies like Ryan, who bring Native American narratives into classrooms and communities where it might otherwise be absent. Ryan’s journey began decades ago in Frederic, Wis., where several were Ojibwe communities were just 20 minutes away. Ryan remembers the vitriol and hate during treaty-rights protests in the late 1980s. “It was very, very sad,” Ryan recalls. “These were our neighbors, and nobody deserves to be treated this way.” This spurred Ryan’s desire to understand the realities behind the injustices faced by Indigenous communities in Wisconsin. Ryan’s approach to teaching is immersive. For over two decades, he has led students to the Lac du Flambeau, where they learn from tribal elders, artists and leaders. “Learning about Native people from Native people is the best way to learn,” Ryan emphasizes. The experiences are transformative for his students, opening their eyes to the richness of Indigenous culture and challenging stereotypes they held about Native people. One of Ryan’s former students, Nicole Eggers, who went on the very first Lac du Flambeau school trip, said that trip influenced her career choices to study history. She’s an associate professor of African history at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Less than 10 years after visiting Lac du Flambeau, Eggers was traveling around eastern Congo on the back of a motorcycle, interviewing Congolese people about their past, collecting oral histories, learning from them in their sacred spaces and speaking with them in their language. “I knew — because I had experienced it at Lac du Flambeau — that there is immense value in the stories that people tell about themselves, in seeing and learning about the spaces they live, work, pray, and play in and the languages they speak,” Eggers said. When I sat down with Ryan to share warm tea at the Twisted Oak, a small café on the main street in Prescott, he wore a cap with the words “You are on Native Land.” “If I am going to have car trouble and need help, I want my car to break down on the La Du Flambeau Reservation. I know someone will help me.” This authentic connection-building requires trust and humility. “Too often, people come to us with their own ideas of what they think we need,” Beane reflects. “That’s not respect. Respect is listening, learning and then acting based on what we’re asking for.” Ryan’s longstanding relationships with the Lac du Flambeau community embody this approach. His willingness to show up year after year, to listen and to foster dialogue mirrors Beane’s belief in the power of persistent allyship. Yet, their work is not without challenges. Both Beane and Ryan face a cultural landscape resistant to change. For Beane, the fight is against societal fear and misunderstanding, rooted in a history of colonialism. She works to create spaces including the M that are inclusive, not just for Native people but for all who wish to understand, connect and belong. “Art has the power to heal and unite,” she says, emphasizing the role of creativity in bridging divides. Ryan, meanwhile, contends with an education system that often falls short. Wisconsin’s Act 31 mandates the teaching of Native history, but many schools fail to meet its requirements. “The old 19th-century ‘Dances With Wolves’ and Disney ‘Pocahantas’ movie approaches to First Nations History remain pervasive in the state,” said Ryan. “Sadly, there is an unwillingness of many schools to revamp their curriculum and learn about Native people not only from a contemporary standpoint, but also through the lens of Native people.” Ryan’s efforts in Prescott stand out as a model, but he worries about the sustainability of these initiatives after his eventual retirement. The stories of Kate Beane and Jeff Ryan illuminate the power of Kapemni. Beane, rooted in her community and culture, works to ensure Indigenous stories are told authentically and boldly. Ryan, an ally from outside, leverages his position to amplify these stories, ensuring his students understand Native people not as characters from history but as vibrant contributors to our shared future. In their mirroring roles — they remind us that the fight for justice and recognition is a shared endeavor. As Beane says: “We know the answers to our community; we know what we need. What we need is to be heard.” Through listening, learning and acting with intention, both insiders and allies can chart a path forward. As above, so below. Ka Vang is a contributing columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She focuses on historically marginalized communities.Michael Chandler details serious injury he suffered just minutes into UFC 309 comebackLOS ANGELES — In an effort to fight the sexual exploitation of children, federal authorities will teach Los Angeles Unified School District students, staff and parents how to stay safe online. A memorandum of understanding between the nation's second-largest school district, the U.S. Attorney's Office and Homeland Security Investigations was announced Friday. HSI Los Angeles special agents, primarily from the Child Exploitation Investigations Group, will offer the so-called iGuardian trainings, which aim to educate participants about the dangers of online sexual predators and instruct them how to avoid and report abuse. The in-person training program will focus mainly on preteens and teenagers but can be tailored to younger children, as well as staff and parents, officials said in a news release . The program is part of a national campaign by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to raise awareness about online child sexual exploitation, which the agency calls a "rapidly escalating threat." That effort also stems from a long-running U.S. Department of Justice initiative that seeks to combat technology-facilitated sex crimes against children. ©2024 Los Angeles Times. 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