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Jimmy Carter quotes: My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way. My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.
Jimmy Carter quotes: A joyous occasion is never quite as wonderful as when it becomes a memory. A joyous occasion is never quite as wonderful as when it becomes a memory.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of our own people here at home. We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of our own people here at home.
Jimmy Carter quotes: One of our nation's greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower. One of our nation's greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States. We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.
Jimmy Carter quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I've committed adultery in my heart. I've committed adultery in my heart.
Jimmy Carter quotes: To me, Faith is not just a noun but also a verb To me, Faith is not just a noun but also a verb
Jimmy Carter quotes: Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor. Elvis was a symbol of the country's vitality, rebelliousness, and good humor.
Jimmy Carter quotes: 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. 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.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World. I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Christians are supposed to be evangelicals. And I am. I am evangelical. Christians are supposed to be evangelicals. And I am. I am evangelical.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry. We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people unnecessarily. I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people unnecessarily.
Jimmy Carter quotes: On the basis of both values and interests, the natural relationship between Islam and the United States is one of friendship. On the basis of both values and interests, the natural relationship between Islam and the United States is one of friendship.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I think it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that statement. I think it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that statement.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We are a purely idealistic Nation but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness We are a purely idealistic Nation but let no one confuse our idealism with weakness
Jimmy Carter quotes: The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons. The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons.
Jimmy Carter quotes: It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us.
Jimmy Carter quotes: After all these years, I still feel like a boy when I'm on a stream After all these years, I still feel like a boy when I'm on a stream
Jimmy Carter quotes: We've become increasingly addicted to consumption of goods that we don't produce ourselves, and a lot of the manufacturing has gone overseas. We've become increasingly addicted to consumption of goods that we don't produce ourselves, and a lot of the manufacturing has gone overseas.
Jimmy Carter quotes: If I should ever decide in the future to discuss my deep Christian beliefs and condemnation and sinfulness, I would use another forum besides Playboy. If I should ever decide in the future to discuss my deep Christian beliefs and condemnation and sinfulness, I would use another forum besides Playboy.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
Jimmy Carter quotes: There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me. There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Building confidence and constructive relations between Sudan and South Sudan is urgent Building confidence and constructive relations between Sudan and South Sudan is urgent
Jimmy Carter quotes: If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected. I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.
Jimmy Carter quotes: (Doctors) collectively have done more to block adequate medical care for people of this country than any other single group. (Doctors) collectively have done more to block adequate medical care for people of this country than any other single group.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work. The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more popular it is. I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more popular it is.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future. Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
Jimmy Carter quotes: 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. 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.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn. I can't think of a man more worthy of the presidency then my good friend Sam Nunn.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth. The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
Jimmy Carter quotes: 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. 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.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land. Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton. Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life. The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam. We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam.
Jimmy Carter quotes: To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam. The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I think a good husband has to depend on having a good wife. I think a good husband has to depend on having a good wife.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We cannot change the history of the past. We cannot change the history of the past.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president. I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound. Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.
Jimmy Carter quotes: It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth. It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.
Jimmy Carter quotes: When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights. When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community. Whether the borders that divide us are picket fences or national boundaries, we are all neighbors in a global community.
Jimmy Carter quotes: America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America. America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America.
Jimmy Carter quotes: If any agreement between two nations is to last, it must serve the best interests of both nations. If any agreement between two nations is to last, it must serve the best interests of both nations.
Jimmy Carter quotes: America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy. America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false. I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.
Jimmy Carter quotes: For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I'm a Southerner. I'm a Southerner.
Jimmy Carter quotes: You just have to have a simple faith. You just have to have a simple faith.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I obviously hoped that everything that I found would make a difference, ... It ended up being way behind my wildest dreams. I obviously hoped that everything that I found would make a difference, ... It ended up being way behind my wildest dreams.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Testing oneself is best when done alone. Testing oneself is best when done alone.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength. We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.
Jimmy Carter quotes: 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. 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.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaid. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaid. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
Jimmy Carter quotes: In every instance that I have known of with confrontation with the government and the press, the press was always right. So keep it up. In every instance that I have known of with confrontation with the government and the press, the press was always right. So keep it up.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell - and I mean that in a Christian way. Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell - and I mean that in a Christian way.
Jimmy Carter quotes: My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours. My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear ... Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear ...
Jimmy Carter quotes: War and good health are incompatible. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war. War and good health are incompatible. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined
Jimmy Carter quotes: I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings. I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I am pro-Israeli, not because of political expediency, but because I believe Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. I am pro-Israeli, not because of political expediency, but because I believe Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.
Jimmy Carter quotes: God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's "yes." Sometimes the answer is "no." Sometimes it's "you gotta be kidding. God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's "yes." Sometimes the answer is "no." Sometimes it's "you gotta be kidding.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense. We cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
Jimmy Carter quotes: God always answers prayer, sometimes with a yes, sometimes with a no and sometimes with a 'You've got to be kidding!' God always answers prayer, sometimes with a yes, sometimes with a no and sometimes with a 'You've got to be kidding!'
Jimmy Carter quotes: The oil lobby, perhaps the most powerful lobby on earth, is almost matched by hospital owners and doctors. The oil lobby, perhaps the most powerful lobby on earth, is almost matched by hospital owners and doctors.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I can get up at 8am and be rested ... or I can get up at 5am and be President. I can get up at 8am and be rested ... or I can get up at 5am and be President.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life. Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins. The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant. I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I believe that we are saved by the grace of God because he loves us provided that we have faith in Jesus Christ. I believe that we are saved by the grace of God because he loves us provided that we have faith in Jesus Christ.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The life of every human being on earth can depend on the experience, judgment, and vigilance of the person in the Oval Office. The life of every human being on earth can depend on the experience, judgment, and vigilance of the person in the Oval Office.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood. Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Not one destroyed house has been rebuilt Ppl cannot live w the dignity they deserve The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Not one destroyed house has been rebuilt
Ppl cannot live w the dignity they deserve
Jimmy Carter quotes: We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by far. We have been involved in more wars, on a bilateral basis, since the United Nations was formed than any other country by far.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread. Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.
Jimmy Carter quotes: When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand. When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Always I'm working on some of book. That's the way I make a living. Always I'm working on some of book. That's the way I make a living.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young. I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.
Jimmy Carter quotes: My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers. My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.
Jimmy Carter quotes: I just look at death as not a threat. It's inevitable, and I have an assurance of eternal life. I just look at death as not a threat. It's inevitable, and I have an assurance of eternal life.
Jimmy Carter quotes: As we ask God for some blessing, we have an obligation to participate ourselves in the fulfillment of those dreams, aspirations, hopes, and ideas. As we ask God for some blessing, we have an obligation to participate ourselves in the fulfillment of those dreams, aspirations, hopes, and ideas.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better. Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better.
Jimmy Carter quotes: Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment. Any system of economics is bankrupt if it sees either value or virtue in unemployment.
Jimmy Carter quotes: People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head. People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.
Jimmy Carter quotes: You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are. You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are.
Jimmy Carter quotes: From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world. From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.
Jimmy Carter quotes: The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with ... greater joy, peace, and happiness. The stronger the ties that bind us to God, the more likely we are to live, react, and behave in harmony with ... greater joy, peace, and happiness.
Jimmy Carter quotes: At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.
Jimmy Carter quotes: We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war. We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

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