Jimmy Carter Quotes about Commitment

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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

Jimmy Carter

Life, Determination, Commitment

I would describe fundamentalism as, first of all, a movement led almost invariably by authoritarian males who consider themselves to be superior to others and who have an overwhelming commitment to subjugate women and to dominate their fellow believers.

Jimmy Carter

Commitment, Movement, Firsts

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During this period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities - not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.

Jimmy Carter

Patriotic, Commitment, Past

Jimmy Carter's Farewell Address, www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. January 14, 1981.

In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.

Jimmy Carter

Respect, Book, Commitment

Jimmy Earl Carter “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978, Book 1: January 1 to June 30, 1978”, Government Printing Office

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.

Jimmy Carter

Religious, Strong, Commitment

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

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.

Jimmy Carter

Commitment, Law, Government

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

The Social Security program is a pact between workers and their employers that they will contribute to a common fund to ensure that those who are no longer part of the work force will have a basic income on which to live. It represents our commitment as a society to the belief that workers should not live in dread that a disability, death, or old age could leave them or their families destitute.

Jimmy Carter

Commitment, Age, Income

For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism. There are times when war is justified, and for many centuries the moral criteria for violence have been carefully delineated.

Jimmy Carter

War, Commitment, Doe

Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.532, Simon and Schuster

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

Jimmy Carter

Memorable, Commitment, Rights

"The US and Israel Stand Alone". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 15, 2006.