My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I don't laugh at people any more when they say they've seen UFOs. I've seen one myself! — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
People who have lust in their heart as just as guilty as those who commit adultery. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam. — 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
Quite often, the people who do leave their own nation and come to an unknown destination, like the United States, are inherently… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There are some discrepencies in the writings of Paul. Some Christians chose those ones that say that women should be restricted in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be.… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The special relationship between the United States and Israel still stands. Our total committments to Israel's security and our hope for peace… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
People in the United States, including me, are naturally inclined to support Israel. I'm an evangelical Christian who teaches the Bible every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It was the darndest thing I've ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and it was about… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
America has had the best university system in the world for a long time. And so we have been innovators, not only… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Jesus never mentions abortion. But I think that Jesus did care for the unborn child, I think that Jesus did care for… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In general, in the matters that relate to theology or behavior, people to one another, Paul was obviously biblically correct. But when… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think the Bible is completely inspired by God in its overall messages. But, for the people of those days to know… — 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
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
Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think with the advent of Reagan, and subsequently, both parties, there's been a strong move towards the advantage given to the… — 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
I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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
Our laws were not designed to accommodate three or four thousand refugees coming here per day. Our laws were designed for people… — 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
In the bible homosexuality is condemned, but along with divorce and greed and callousness toward poor people. So its elevation to 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