Military Quotes by Jimmy Carter

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

Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in…

— Jimmy Carter

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

Although military, economic and political strength certainly favors the more powerful side, the matter of simple justice is a counterbalancing factor.

— Jimmy Carter

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military,…

— Jimmy Carter

Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be…

— Jimmy Carter

A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not…

— Jimmy Carter

I have experienced the intensity of patriotism as a submarine officer, the ambitions of a competitive businessman, and the intensity of political…

— Jimmy Carter

Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in…

— Jimmy Carter

When you invade Grenada, or when you invade Panama to capture a disreputable person, or when you bomb the Bosnia area, you…

— Jimmy Carter

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

The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or…

— Jimmy Carter

The North Korean Communists are implacably pursuing their military buildup in defiance of the international trend toward rapprochement and of the stark…

— Jimmy Carter

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

As a matter of fact, although we had some terrible challenges and temptations when I was in office, we never dropped a…

— Jimmy Carter