Jimmy Carter Quotes

Jimmy Carter (184)

Birth:	1st October, 1924
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, President

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• America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.

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• There is extreme interest in voting, total determination for democracy and freedom.

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• My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.

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• They describe themselves as now living like cavemen. In the meantime, Milosevic has become a hero at home because he’s defending his country and we’re making no progress towards peace, … Larry King Live.

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• We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

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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 spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting.

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• I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don’t think that he thinks he did.

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• The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. 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.

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• If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

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• Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.

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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 about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn’t affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

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• The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

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• I’ve looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

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• We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.

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• I have one life and one chance to make it count for something . . . I’m free to choose what that something is, and the something I’ve chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.

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• With reforms unlikely at this late stage of the election, perhaps the only recourse will be to focus maximum public scrutiny on the suspicious process in Florida.

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• I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.

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• President Reagan was a formidable political campaigner, who provided an inspirational voice to America when our people were searching for a clear message of hope and confidence.

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

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• You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are.

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