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Portrait of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

(1924–2024) Autobiographer Indonesia

532 quotes in 2573 categories

Carter’s 532 statements blend a statesman’s pragmatism with an activist’s compassion. Whether speaking of peace, service, or faith, his words carry a steady, earnest conviction.

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Jimmy Carter was an autobiographer from Indonesia, best known for Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.

Quick Facts About Jimmy Carter

Born: October 1, 1924
Died: December 29, 2024
Nationality: Indonesia
Profession: Autobiographer
Notable works: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

About Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. He lived longer than any other president in US history, reaching age 100.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jimmy Carter

I enjoyed being President.

Enjoyed

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I've committed adultery in my heart.

Adultery

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I'm 86, and too old to be President.

Older

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I will never lie to you.

Inspirational

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“Put on a sweater.”

Conservation

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You just have to have a simple faith.

Faith

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Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined

Destiny

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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

America

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I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.

Deny

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The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine.

Arab israeli conflict

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[Jerry Brown] is California's way of celebrating the Year of the Child.

American politics

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The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

Bible

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The pre-eminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine.

Colonization

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Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.

Bird

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I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people…

Believe

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If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no…

Glad

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I'd like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.

Champion

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I'm feeling better than anybody expected me to so I'm still maintaining a pretty normal schedule, I'd say.

Expected

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Our values are not luxuries, but necessities. They are not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.

Bread

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Standing alone among great democratic nations in imposing the death penalty is another moral decision that Americansare being forced to confront.

Death

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We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam.

Faith

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I think it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that statement.

Damage

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“For the first time, we recognized a medium that takes our ordinary, everyday objects like bowls, baskets, and quilts and elevates them…

Art

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When I feel something very intensely or deeply or personally, I can go to extremes of self-expression or self-analysis by writing a…

Analysis

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Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they…

Best grandparents

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What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding…

Compassion

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To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room…

Classroom

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A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a…

Behave

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The importation and sale of marijuana is condemned and punished as a serious crime, but we accept as legitimate the manufacture and…

Accepting

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America has about three times as many abortions as they have in Norway, or Sweden, or Nordic countries, and they don't have…

Abortion

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Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and…

Belief

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Prostitution thrives in the United States. We focus in this country on punishing the girls. For every brothel owner or pimp or…

Arrested

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Christmas has been a season of mixed interests and meanings, but the very foundation, of course, is its religious significance. No matter…

Baby

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Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in…

Aftermath

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“The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to…

Bottom line

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The Superfund legislation set up a system of insurance premiums collected from the chemical industry to clean up toxic wastes. This new…

Accomplishment

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When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every…

Audience

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It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or…

Amendments

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Go out on a limb. Thats where the fruit is.

Fruit

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People with many opinions tend not to believe in anything.

Believe

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Jimmy Carter by topic

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