Environmental Quotes by Jimmy Carter

8 Environmental quotes by Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter’s eco‑thoughts appear in eight short quotations that blend moral reflection with practical concern for the planet. This brief collection offers a quick look at his environmental perspective.

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I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've…

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We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will…

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The Superfund legislation set up a system of insurance premiums collected from the chemical industry to clean up toxic wastes. This new…

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On human rights, civil rights and environmental quality, I consider myself to be very liberal. On the management of government, on openness…

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I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict (between environmental quality and economic growth), I will go for beauty,…

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During the 1960s, we used twice as much oil as during the 1950s. And in each of those decades, more oil was…

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Americans long thought that nature could take care of itself-or that if it did not, the consequences were someone else's problem. As…

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I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing…

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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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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself, and where they…

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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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Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined

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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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