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
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its… — 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
There needs to be a similar degree of flexibility and generosity in the recognition of the humaneness and worth of people who… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years. I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the… — 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
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
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
A Christian should know that God is a Creator, that God is an entity that is all-powerful and all knowledgeable, God is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When people first vote for democracy, they have extremely high hopes, excessive expectations, and they're not realized. They don't instantly get richer… — 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
I think the only way that political system can be corrected is for the American people to see very vividly that it… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
My life since the White House has been much more all-encompassing, much more enjoyable. The main thing that I've acquired has been… — 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
America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Giving people equal access to enjoying the benefits of America is the biggest problem that we're not making any progress in resolving. — 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
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
Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I think I would have been much more attuned to the concerns of people who were desperately in need. I was unfamiliar,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or… — 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
In an all-out nuclear war, more destructive power than in all of World War II would be unleashed every second during the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In the year 2000, the solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Genocide, in my opinion - is an attempt by a powerful group completely to eradicate from the face of the Earth the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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
With this new stupid Supreme Court ruling, secret money can come in on an unlimited level from corporations. Nobody knows where it… — 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
Our goals are also the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world… — 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
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
