Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think it was fully justified after 9/11 to initiate a military action against Afghanistan, because we hoped to create a democracy,… — 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,… — 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
Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The cost of an on-site inspection team would be minuscule compared to war, Saddam would have no choice except to comply, the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When you invade Grenada, or when you invade Panama to capture a disreputable person, or when you bomb the Bosnia area, you… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The North Korean Communists are implacably pursuing their military buildup in defiance of the international trend toward rapprochement and of the stark… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
With overwhelming military strength now deployed against him and with intense monitoring from space surveillance and the U.N. inspection team on the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, although we had some terrible challenges and temptations when I was in office, we never dropped a… — 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