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
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
On both of my major trips to North Korea, the leaders of the country made it plain that they want to make… — 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
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
To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room… — 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 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
You can already download any of the religious texts onto electronic mechanisms like a Kindle. But I think many people prefer to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,… — 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
A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an… — 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
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
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
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
The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam. — 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
In the Great Depression in which I grew up and remember vividly, unemployment was over 25 percent, and over 35 percent where… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding 1916, there was a concerted effort made to eliminate… — 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
It's important to meet with the people who can shape future events, and who might be causing a current problem. And to… — 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
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