Jimmy Carter Quotes (198 Quotes)


    I have been reluctant to publicly castigate an administration, but I think this particular administration has departed from all previous presidents, ... Our Endangered Values.

    begin to put forward his conservative, or more conservative, credentials.

    One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting

    I don't think there's any doubt (the election) will bring an end to violence and open up the country to immediate economic improvement,

    We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.


    I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November 1980 and I lost.

    Veterans, including myself, would be very proud to have us choose a president and U.S. senators and congressmen and other state officials on our holiday,

    According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. President Carter told of finding 'The Seven Sins' engraved on the wall of Gandhi's memorial. President JIMMY CARTER, eulogy at funeral services for former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, St. Paul, Minnesota, January 16, 1978. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Jimmy Carter 1978, book 1, p. 80.

    I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith d

    There needs to be a similar degree of flexibility and generosity in the recognition of the humaneness and worth of people who we generally consider as adversaries,

    This is a great example of international teamwork focused on extending the protection provided by the Aegis BMD Weapon System.

    He subverted completely the economic and political system of Peru, ... The aftermath of that has been a glorious potential victory, and if there is a victory Sunday with a good election, which I predict, then I think it will send a wonderful signal not on

    Kings Bay could certainly be expanded to accommodate a larger contingent of ships and personnel, and this region would welcome the additional jobs that may be transferred from Connecticut, ... However, I am concerned about the adverse economic impact on the New London area, the abandonment of a huge installation of facilities, and, less quantitatively, a loss of some of the proud submariners heritage of our historic association with service and training in New London.

    It would not violate any political principles to at least give the Palestinians their own money let humanitarian assistance continue through UN and private agencies.

    I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

    This is just one indication of what has been done under this administration to change the policies that have persisted all the way through our history.

    Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.

    Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.

    We have 11 grandchildren and two of them have been afflicted with lazy eye.

    the essential decency, compassion and common sense of the American people will prevail.

    Both the Palestinian elections in the past have been very good. They have been honest, fair and free of violence and I hope and believe we will have the same thing today.

    It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

    In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

    Anyone who runs for President is certainly adequately endowed with both ambition and ego. Sometimes, there are factors that occur in our lives, unanticipated factors, that tend to reduce the level of ego.

    The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.

    Some have asserted that the proposal is just a weak compromise.We challenge this claim.

    The existing and long-standing use of the word 'evolution' in our state's textbooks has not adversely affected Georgians' belief in the omnipotence of God as creator of the universe,

    When I left the White House I was a fairly young man and I realized I maybe have 25 more years of active life, ... so we capitalized on the influence that I had as a former president of the greatest nation in the world and decided to fill vacuums.

    The claim that a metropolitan location would improve corporate management is fallacious, ... Personally, if it comes down to a choice among several potential Habitat executives to be employed in the future, I would choose one who preferred life in South Georgia to those who might insist on an urban existence.

    I believe that the exposition that will be conducted will be a good learning experience for Americans to see what is going on more and more in China.

    At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

    In 1988, there was no doubt that the election was shot through with fraud. In 1994, there was tremendous improvement. In 1996, the major parties got together and helped to evolve a new electoral law that made an independent commission to conduct the whole election,


    Overall, I have been pleased with my trip and I recognized far in advance that after 43 years of misunderstanding and animosity that one brief trip could not change basic relationships between people, ... But my hope is that in some small way, my visit might improve the situation in the future.

    You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

    Our delegation members and others witnessed serious irregularities and overt electoral fraud in a number of states,

    Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

    As I am today, I was concerned about human rights, and I was concerned about the well-being of the working people of this country,

    I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

    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,

    Within the stable economy it's necessary to eliminate all forms of sexual discrimination, and to provide women for the first time in our history with economic opportunities equal to those of men.

    Also in 2004, there was a substantial aversion of the Democratic leaders to demonstrate - maybe failure is a better word than aversion - to demonstrate a compatibility with the deeply religious people in this country. I think that absence hurt a lot.

    President Reagan was a formidable political campaigner, who provided an inspirational voice to America when our people were searching for a clear message of hope and confidence,

    The entire Islamic world condemned Iran. Nowadays, because of the unwarranted invasion of Iraq by Bush and Blair, which was a completely unjust adventure based on misleading statements, and the lack of any effort to resolve the Palestinian issue, there is massive Islamic condemnation of the United States.

    I have made an announcement in advance that I'm not going to endorse any particular candidate, ... But I have been particularly grateful at the courageous and outspoken posture and position that Gov. Dean has taken from the very beginning.

    The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

    We have to raise the money and then turn over the library to the federal government,

    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,

    It makes the surface of the moon look like a golf course.

    I am confident that next January he will restore the judgment and responsibility that is sorely lacking today,


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