We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant. (Jimmy Carter)

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

Jimmy Carter

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