I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe strongly that in the eyes of God women and men should be the same and they should be given the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In the bible homosexuality is condemned, but along with divorce and greed and callousness toward poor people. So its elevation to a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There are some discrepencies in the writings of Paul. Some Christians chose those ones that say that women should be restricted in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Some major churches overemphasize the importance of preaching as a means to increase membership and fail to reach out with compassion to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
People in the United States, including me, are naturally inclined to support Israel. I'm an evangelical Christian who teaches the Bible every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I don't have any complaints about homosexuals being married in a civil ceremony. But I don't think that the government ought to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Homosexuality was massively practiced in some of the conflicting religions at the time of Christ and even at the time of Christ,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In general, in the matters that relate to theology or behavior, people to one another, Paul was obviously biblically correct. But when… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think it's alright if the government wants to say, in the state of Massachusetts, in the state of New York, in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself, and where they… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
I think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
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… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life... — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally.… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share
