Jimmy Carter Quotes on War & Peace (14 Quotes)


    This is an important statement which I have already shared with the U. S. government, ... As the recent tragic attack on Sarajevo has demonstrated, peace will not come easily, but there is good reason to take Karadzic's statement and put it to the test, and to seek comparable efforts from all the other parties involved, to move rapidly to talks.

    I don't have any doubt that he is very sincere about his Christian faith, ... There are some differences in interpretation. ... I have a commitment to worship the Prince of Peace, not the prince of pre-emptive war. I believe that Christ taught us to give special attention to the plight of the poor.

    for powerful countries to adopt a principle of preventive war may well set an example that can have catastrophic consequences.

    They describe themselves as now living like cavemen. In the meantime, Milosevic has become a hero at home because he's defending his country and we're making no progress towards peace, ... Larry King Live.

    Our dominant international challenge is to restore the greatness of America -- based on telling the truth, a commitment to peace, and respect for civil liberties at home and basic human rights around the world,


    Despite marshaling powerful armed forces in the Persian Gulf region and a virtual declaration of war in the State of the Union message, our government has not made a case for a pre-emptive military strike against Iraq,

    The United States has refused direct talks, has branded North Korea as an axis of evil, has declared an end to no first use of atomic weapons, and has invaded Iraq, and has been intercepting North Korean ships at sea, and has condemned the peace initiatives of Kim Young-sam of South Korea and President Clinton in the United States,

    The Israeli mothers want peace, the Palestinian mothers want peace, Lebanese mothers want peace and Syrian mothers want peace, ... To me that's the foundation of hope.

    We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

    the greatest threat in the world to regional and global peace.

    War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

    I still pray for peace in the Middle East, ... the only obstacle to peace.

    It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

    I still pray for peace...between the Israelis and the Palestinians, between the Israelis and the Jordanians and Lebanese and Syrians, ... I pray that God will have his hand on the shoulders of those who still seek peace.


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