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Government Quotes by Jimmy Carter

26 Government quotes by Jimmy Carter

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Carter’s 26 remarks on public service feel like a conversation with a former president who never stopped listening. He blends personal humility with concrete suggestions, offering a gentle yet firm perspective on how government should serve its people.

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The government ought to stay out of the prayer business.

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I think the government ought to stay out of the religious business.

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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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A nation's domestic and foreign policies and actions should be derived from the same standards of ethics, honesty and morality which are…

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I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic…

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Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic…

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The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly…

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I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no…

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The Carter Center has a policy of doing what others do not want to do. We do not compete with the World…

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I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a…

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I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that…

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I think it's alright if the government wants to say, in the state of Massachusetts, in the state of New York, in…

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Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people…

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I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are…

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I don't have any complaints about homosexuals being married in a civil ceremony. But I don't think that the government ought to…

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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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The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try…

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I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance…

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I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my…

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On both of my major trips to North Korea, the leaders of the country made it plain that they want to make…

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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will…

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You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you…

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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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The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but…

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I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,…

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The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to…

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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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