--- title: "4 Decided Quotes By Jimmy Carter" description: "4 Decided quotes by Jimmy Carter. Plus more from Jimmy Carter and more Decided sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/jimmy-carter-479_atlanta_they-were-more-than-hostile-in-the-first_780882.jpg" --- > [They were more than hostile. In the first place, I was a south Georgian and I was looked upon as a fiscal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/they-were-more-than-hostile-in-the-first-place-i-was-a-south-georgian/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/jimmy-carter-479_atlanta_they-were-more-than-hostile-in-the-first_780882.jpg) > [Each one of us is an individual, just like talk show hosts are different from one another, and newspaper columnists are different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/each-one-of-us-is-an-individual-just-like-talk-show-hosts-are/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/jimmy-carter-479_columnists_each-one-of-us-is-an-individual-just-lik_1294813.jpg) > [It's clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper - deeper than gasoline lines of energy shortages, deeper even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/it-s-clear-that-the-true-problems-of-our-nation-are-much-deeper/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/jimmy-carter-479_america_it-s-clear-that-the-true-problems-of-our_2286758.jpg) > [The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/the-southern-baptist-convention-as-you-know-decided-in-the-year-2000/) [Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/jimmy-carter-479_agree_the-southern-baptist-convention-as-you-k_3195552.jpg) ## Other authors on Decided ## 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/decided/jimmy-carter/#itemlist", "name": "4 Decided Quotes By Jimmy Carter", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They were more than hostile. 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