God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I'd like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth. — 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
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
We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We believe that the first time we're born, as children, it's human life given to us; and when we accept Jesus as… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Forgiving is one of the most difficult things for a human being to do, but I think it means looking at some… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We will have an unchallenged, open, panoramic opportunity on a global scale to demonstrate the finest aspects of what we know in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us… — 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
The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Except during my childhood, when I was probably influenced by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel depiction of God with a flowing white beard, I… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The first year I was in office, only about 800 people came out of the Soviet Union, Jews. By the third year… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years. I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one… — 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
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of… — 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
Our goals are also the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image