We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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
“The erosion of our confidence in the future is threating to destroy the Social and the Political fabric of America. The confidence… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
"Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles" - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
America has about three times as many abortions as they have in Norway, or Sweden, or Nordic countries, and they don't have… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Christmas has been a season of mixed interests and meanings, but the very foundation, of course, is its religious significance. No matter… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism.… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We believe that the first time we're born, as children, it's human life given to us; and when we accept Jesus as… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
[on the Republican party] A party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and… — 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
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
The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Being confident of our own future, we are now free of that inordinate fear of communism which once led us to embrace… — 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
If I should ever decide in the future to discuss my deep Christian beliefs and condemnation and sinfulness, I would use another… — 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