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Jimmy Carter Quotes - Page 3

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I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.

I think I was identified as a failed president because I wasn't re-elected.

Thinking, President

"Jimmy Carter: My Presidency Was A Success". Interview with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. September 16, 2010.

Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and state. It's contrary to my beliefs to try to exalt Christianity as having some sort of preferential status in the United States. That violates the Constitution. I'm not in favor of mandatory prayer in school or of using public funds to finance religious education.

Christian, Religious, Prayer

Throughout my life, I've seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people's lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.

Differences, People, Volunteer

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

Doors, Decision, Political

To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can be made in the neighborhoods, the living rooms, the playing fields, and the classrooms of our country.

Country, People, Understanding

Jimmy Carter (1995). “Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation”, Puffin

God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's 'yes.' Sometimes the answer is 'no.' Sometimes it's 'you gotta be kidding.

Prayer, Religion, Answers

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

Luxury, Salt, Bread

I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love.

Believe, Humility, Successful

Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.444, Simon and Schuster

Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.

Self, Racism, Gay Marriage

Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.

Thinking, Errors, People

We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.

Life, Strength, Kids

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

Inspirational, Life, Beauty

Jimmy Carter (1988). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, Bantam

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

Wind, Profound, Spirit

I want to make it clear,if there is ever a conflict [between environmental quality and economic growth], I will go for beauty, clean air, water, and landscape.

Air, Environmental Quality, Water

The New York Times, September 19, 1976.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

People, Different, Sin

"SUNDAY INTERVIEW - A Statesman And a Man Of Faith / With a lifetime of public service to his credit, the former president reflects on the beliefs that have sustained him". Interview with Don Lattin, www.sfgate.com. January 12, 1997.

In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which is in itself a violation of the beliefs of all religions. Once we characterize our adversaries as beyond the scope of God's mercy and grace, their lives lose all value.

Life, War, Order

Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.1030, Simon and Schuster

In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.

Strong, Hard Work, Self

Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

In a nuclear age, each of us is threatened when peace is not secured everywhere.

Peace, Age, Nuclear

United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1978). “Jimmy Carter”

I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.

Country, Religious, Prayer

Each of us must rededicate ourselves to serving the common good. We are a community. Our individual Fates are linked; our futures intertwined; and if we act in that knowledge and in that spirit together, as the Bible says: "We can move mountains."

Moving, Fate, Community

United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1978). “Jimmy Carter”

The founding of our Nation was more than a political event; it was an act of faith, a promise to Americans and to the entire world. The Declaration of Independence declared that people can govern themselves, that they can live in freedom with equal rights, that they can respect the rights of others.

Inspirational Life, Rights, People

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

Peace, Freedom, Opportunity

According to Gandhi, the seven sins are wealth without works, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle. Well, Hubert Humphrey may have sinned in the eyes of God, as we all do, but according to those definitions of Gandhi's, it was Hubert Humphrey without sin.

Hard Work, Knowledge, Character

United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1978). “Jimmy Carter”

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana.

Weed, Marijuana, Law

U.S. President in a message to the U.S. Congress, 1977.

America has always been a country of innovation and dynamism, entrepreneurship. And I think that one of the things that has made our country great too is its heterogeneous population where people come here from all over the world.

Country, Thinking, America

"Big Think Interview With Jimmy Carter". Interview with Andrea Useem, bigthink.com. November 30, 2010.

Born: b. October 1, 1924
Occupation: 39th U.S. President

Quotes: 495

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