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Jimmy Carter Quotes - Page 7

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I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade so I tried to do everything I could to

I don't believe that Jesus would approve abortion except in the case of incest, rape or the mother's life in danger. But I had to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade so I tried to do everything I could to minimize the need for abortions.

Mother, Jesus, Believe

"Interview: President Jimmy Carter Talks About His New Bible and Christian Beliefs". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. March 30, 2012.

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.

Life, Spiritual, Patriotic

"President, peacemaker, peanut farmer". www.cnn.com. October 11, 2002.

It was the darndest thing I've ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and it was about the size of the moon.. We watched it for ten minutes, but none of us could figure out what it was. One thing's for sure, I'll never make fun of people who say they've seen unidentified objects in the sky.

Fun, Moon, Color

"Outrageously Bizarre Facts about U.S. Presidents" by Julian Fama, abcnews.go.com. August 08, 2012.

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.

Men, People, Goal

Jimmy Carter (1982). “Keeping faith: memoirs of a president”

Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.

Winning, Destiny, Energy

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

Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well fed and housed, and influential enough to shape our own destiny from our neighbors who enjoy few, if any, of these advantages of life.

Opportunity, Destiny, Safe

Being president is as difficult as writing the perfect poem. And being president is as effortless as writing the perfect poem. Always a Reckoning, my first collection of poetry, was described by Booklist as 'keenly evocative.'

Writing, Perfect, President

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat

Forgiveness, Spiritual, Peace

Jimmy Carter (2011). “Living Faith”, p.141, Three Rivers Press

Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton.

President, Bills, Firsts

People who have lust in their heart as just as guilty as those who commit adultery.

Heart, People, Lust

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

I have a great deal of confidence in myself and in my faith.

Deals

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

I believe that we are given an order by Jesus. One of the last things he did was to spread the word of God and he being the basis for our salvation. Christians are supposed to be evangelicals. And I am.

Christian, Jesus, Believe

"Interview: President Jimmy Carter Talks About His New Bible and Christian Beliefs". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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

People, World, Discrimination

[on the Republican party] A party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future.

Men, Political, Vision

"Carter Attacks Reagan Tax Cut, Seeks Debates". The Washington Post, July 18, 1980.

You just have to have a simple faith.

Faith, Simple, Simple Faith

Jimmy Carter, Bill Adler (1977). “The wit and wisdom of Jimmy Carter”, Book Sales

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.

Memorable, Dollars, Benefits

Christmas has been a season of mixed interests and meanings, but the very foundation, of course, is its religious significance. No matter what other personal desires or crises we have faced, I've never forgotten that this is the time to celebrate the birth of the Baby Jesus, and the impact of this event on the history of the world.

Baby, Religious, Jesus

Jimmy Carter, Amy Carter (2004). “Christmas in Plains: Memories”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

I don't think there's going to be peace as long as Israel is occupying land that belongs to the Palestinians, to Lebanon and to Syria.

Thinking, Israel, Land

Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty.

Religious, Strong, Commitment

Jimmy Carter (2005). “Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

If you have a task to perform and are vitally interested in it, excited and challenged by it, and then you will exert maximum energy. But in the excitement, the pain of fatigue dissipates, and the exuberance of what you hope to achieve overcomes the weariness.

Inspirational, Pain, Overcoming

"Jimmy Carter on Passion". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org.

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.

Health, Destiny, Marijuana

I have a great respect for the flag, (but) if the government passed a law saying that I had to pledge allegiance to the flag, I don't think I would do it. I've always felt that I lived in a country...where if I wanted to worship God as a Baptist, I could do so. If I were an atheist, I could be one. If I wanted to be a Catholic but was born a Jew, there's no condemnation...from a government authority.

Country, Atheist, Thinking

We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.

Balance, Acting, Energy

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Peace, War, Differences

Jimmy Carter (2011). “Living Faith”, p.141, Three Rivers Press

The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace, with official American policy, with the wishes of a majority of its own citizens - and honor its own previous commitments - by accepting its legal borders. All Arab neighbors must pledge to honor Israel's right to live in peace under these conditions.

Commitment, Law, Government

Jimmy Carter (2006). “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid”, Simon and Schuster

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

Quotes: 495

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