Quotes by Jimmy Carter

About Jimmy Carter:

James Earl Carter, Jr. is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center.
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I think what's going on in Guantanamo Bay and other places is a disgrace to the U.S.A. I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable ac...

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I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

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I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate effort - again, referring to Fox Broadcasting - to inject the race issue into it. They have actually called Obama a racist on televisi...

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

Jimmy Carter

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Jimmy Carter

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 abor...

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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

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I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

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I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

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There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separati...

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

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My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

Jimmy Carter

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

Jimmy Carter

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

Jimmy Carter

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

Jimmy Carter

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I e...

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I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on en...

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Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.

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What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people. I'm embarrassed about it, I think its wrong. I think it does give terrorists an unwarranted excuse to use the despicable means to hurt innocent people.

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To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

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Author Bio

  • NameJimmy Carter
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
  • AliasesJimmy E. Carter; James Earl Carter Jr.; James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr; James E. Carter; Jimmy Earl Carter; James Carter; James Earl Carter; 39th President of the United States; James Earl "Jimmy" Carter; President Carter; President Jimmy Carter; James E. Carter Jr.; James Earle Carter; James "Jimmy" Carter; James Earl (Jimmy) Carter; James Earl Carter, Jr.
  • BornOctober 1, 1924
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer; Diplomat; Novelist; Politician; Farmer; Autobiographer; Submariner
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; United Nations Prize In The Field Of Human Rights; Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize; Congressional Space Medal Of Honor; Indira Gandhi Prize; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal; Philadelphia Liberty Medal; American Peace Award; Delta Prize For Global Understanding; International Mediation Medal; Ansel Adams Award