It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The Carter Center has a policy of doing what others do not want to do. We do not compete with the World… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I officially designated every US ambassador on earth to be my personal human rights representative, and to have the embassy be a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic… — 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
The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to… — 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
I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
On human rights, civil rights and environmental quality, I consider myself to be very liberal. On the management of government, on openness… — 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
On both of my major trips to North Korea, the leaders of the country made it plain that they want to make… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
A nation's domestic and foreign policies and actions should be derived from the same standards of ethics, honesty and morality which are… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that… — 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
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
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