--- title: "8 Carter Quotes By Jimmy Carter" description: "8 Carter quotes by Jimmy Carter. Plus more from Jimmy Carter and more Carter sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/jimmy-carter-479_carter_the-carter-center-has-a-policy-of-doing_405249.jpg" --- > [The Carter Center has a policy of doing what others do not want to do. We do not compete with the World…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/the-carter-center-has-a-policy-of-doing-what-others-do-not-want-to-do/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/jimmy-carter-479_carter_the-carter-center-has-a-policy-of-doing_405249.jpg) > [I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-don-t-claim-to-be-knowledgeable-about-theology-most-of-my-knowledge/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/jimmy-carter-479_bible_i-don-t-claim-to-be-knowledgeable-about_772983.jpg) > [I'm going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I'm able mentally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-m-going-to-stay-active-as-long-as-i-can-politically-and-with-the/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/jimmy-carter-479_able_i-m-going-to-stay-active-as-long-as-i-ca_1060237.jpg) > [The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/the-first-time-i-ever-saw-snow-skis-was-when-i-was-62-years-old-and/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/jimmy-carter-479_around-the-world_the-first-time-i-ever-saw-snow-skis-was_1624170.jpg) > [The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on disease eradication. Which means a total elimination of a disease on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/the-carter-center-has-the-only-existing-international-taskforce-on/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/jimmy-carter-479_carter_the-carter-center-has-the-only-existing_2233655.jpg) > [At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/at-the-carter-center-we-work-with-victims-of-oppression-and-we-give/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/jimmy-carter-479_carter_at-the-carter-center-we-work-with-victim_2355994.jpg) > [Carter is doing a high-wire act over a cesspool, preaching all the way. Sinclair Lewis, thou shouldst be living in this hour.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/carter-is-doing-a-high-wire-act-over-a-cesspool-preaching-all-the-way/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/jimmy-carter-479_american-politics_carter-is-doing-a-high-wire-act-over-a-c_2632058.jpg) > [I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-feel-that-my-role-as-a-former-president-is-probably-superior-to/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/jimmy-carter-479_activism_i-feel-that-my-role-as-a-former-presiden_2671954.jpg) ## Other authors on Carter ## More by Jimmy Carter > [One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/one-of-the-most-basic-principles-for-making-and-keeping-peace-within/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I think politicians really go with the tide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-think-politicians-really-go-with-the-tide/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/there-s-no-way-to-have-a-peace-agreement-unless-the-mediator-or/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/jesus-never-said-a-word-about-homosexuality-in-all-of-his-teachings/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself, and where they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/penalties-against-possession-of-a-drug-should-not-be-more-damaging-to/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/no-poor-rural-weak-or-black-person-should-ever-again-have-to-bear-the/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/our-individual-fates-are-linked-our-futures-intertwined/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/southerners-whose-ancestors-a-hundred-years-ago-knew-the-horrors-of-a/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-think-the-most-challenging-thing-for-me-in-my-life-and-in-the-bible/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/faith-implies-a-continuing-search-not-necessarily-a-final-answer/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-don-t-want-to-tell-president-obama-how-to-make-a-speech-he-s-a-much/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/we-must-make-it-clear-that-a-platform-of-i-hate-gay-men-and-women-is/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-have-a-very-real-political-awareness-that-at-least-on-a-transient/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/everyone-has-a-right-to-peaceful-coexistence-the-basic-personal/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) > [Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/energy-will-be-the-immediate-test-of-our-ability-to-unite-this-nation/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carter/jimmy-carter/#itemlist", "name": "8 Carter Quotes By Jimmy Carter", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Carter Center has a policy of doing what others do not want to do. 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