Faith implies a continuing search, not necessarily a final answer.
JIMMY CARTERJesus 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.
More Jimmy Carter Quotes
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Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
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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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When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
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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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Jerry Falwell can go straight to hell – and I mean that in a Christian way.
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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.
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One of our nation’s greatest leaders of all time was Hubert Horatio Hornblower.
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I’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
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Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
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We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must.
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We’ve got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.
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We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
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When I reflect upon my blessings during my very nice lifetime, I am inspired to make sure that I spend the balance of the days of my existence in a productive way.
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I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… 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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You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who was a champion of peace and human rights.
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One of the most serious problems that our country has inherited an unwillingness to talk to anyone who disagrees with us or who won’t accept, before a discussion, all the premises that we demand.
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We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
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Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
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Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself.
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We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
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