American people Quotes by Jimmy Carter

10 American people quotes by Jimmy Carter

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Carter’s gentle, human‑focused reflections on the nation’s people appear in ten succinct statements, each echoing his emphasis on empathy and service.

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It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of…

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What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its…

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But I am not discouraged. I do not despair for our country. I believe tonight, as I always have, that the essential…

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We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched…

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Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to…

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All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest…

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I think the only way that political system can be corrected is for the American people to see very vividly that it…

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I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts…

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With this new stupid Supreme Court ruling, secret money can come in on an unlimited level from corporations. Nobody knows where it…

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In the year 2000, the solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient…

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One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and…

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I think politicians really go with the tide.

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There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.

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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be…

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No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an…

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Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come…

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I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of…

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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.

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I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think…

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We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the…

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I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more…

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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life...

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Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally.…

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