In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Although military, economic and political strength certainly favors the more powerful side, the matter of simple justice is a counterbalancing factor. — 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
What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding… — 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… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
"Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles" - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In many courts, plea bargaining serves the convenience of the judge and the lawyers, not the ends of justice, because the courts… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Within the stable economy it's necessary to eliminate all forms of sexual discrimination, and to provide women for the first time in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final… — 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
It would be naïve to think that peace and justice can be achieved easily. No set of rules or study of history… — 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
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
We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Prostitution thrives in the United States. We focus in this country on punishing the girls. For every brothel owner or pimp or… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth -- one for every five-hundred Americans; three times as many as are 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 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
