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A peaceful world cannot long exist when wealth is split one‑third rich and two‑thirds hungry, Carter notes. He says human rights are central to U.S. foreign policy and that a society is judged by how it treats its weakest members. He also mentions that the Carter Center takes on tasks others avoid.

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The greatest discrimination in the world now is against poor people.

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The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam.

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Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.

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From the beginning, the United States has enjoyed close and valued ties with the Muslim world.

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We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.

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Iran is an island of stability in a turbulent corner of the world

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I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.

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We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker.

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My opinion of the Russians has changed most drastically in the last week than even (sic) the two-and-a-half years before that. It's…

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It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding 1916, there was a concerted effort made to eliminate…

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No matter where you go in the world in any country in Africa or Latin America and other place, you will find…

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The Carter Center has a policy of doing what others do not want to do. We do not compete with the World…

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And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a…

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And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill - do not…

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As far as being in dangerous situations around the world is concerned, I always have a Secret Service detail with me as…

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Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking…

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The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless…

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The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and…

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

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We not only brought peace to many countries and people around the world, but we never dropped a bomb, we never launched…

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I think I governed effectively. I don't have any doubts about that. I had the benefit, when I was in office, of…

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I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing…

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Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference…

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Acknowledging the physical realities of our planet does not mean a dismal future of endless sacrifice. In fact, acknowledging these realities is…

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I think the Bible is completely inspired by God in its overall messages. But, for the people of those days to know…

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We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will…

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We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

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America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made…

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I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added…

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History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression,…

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America has had the best university system in the world for a long time. And so we have been innovators, not only…

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The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we…

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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed…

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I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one…

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The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and…

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The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on disease eradication. Which means a total elimination of a disease on the…

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People would ask me how I could stand the long campaigning, how I could stand being charged with the responsibilities of a…

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Our goals are also the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world…

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I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of…

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The United States...has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our…

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

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Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.

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I have a very real political awareness that at least on a transient basis the more drastic action taken by the president, the more…

Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life...

Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally.…