Jimmy Carter Quotes

We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Lu...

We cannot change the history of the past.

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happine...

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a go...

I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. This is som...

I've just finished my 20th book this past year and I'm working on my 21st book about the Middle East...

This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 m...

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the ...

Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president d...

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to exp...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its v...

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of ...

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human ...

I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God recog...

We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which i...

Put on a sweater.

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I'm free to choose what that som...

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever...

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of ou...

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a go...

Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail whi...

A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them beca...

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. Ther...

For the first time, we recognized a medium that takes our ordinary, everyday objects like bowls, bas...

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively ...

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism,...

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social bound...

The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on disease eradication. Which means ...

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in ...

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

This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our m...

I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances ...

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I wil...

Ours was the first nation to be founded on the idea that all are created equal and all deserve equal...

I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, ...

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.

God answers all our prayers. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes the ...

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a modera...

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New ...

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Ea...

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children ...

The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli governm...

I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment wit...

We cannot know the mystery of the future.

We cannot ignore our gift of the future.

It is interesting to note that an overwhelming majority of citizens in the world's three largest dem...

I realize that violence is not more prevalent today than in previous periods of human history, but t...

When our mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters are considered both different and inferior in the ey...

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our prac...

I was totally dominated and revered my father. I admired everything he did. He was a great sports pe...

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different y...

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet ...