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.
JIMMY CARTERWe’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.
JIMMY CARTERWe know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTERAggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
JIMMY CARTERLike music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
JIMMY CARTERI think the most challenging thing for me in my life and in the Bible is that we worship Jesus as the Prince of Peace. And America is constantly at war.
JIMMY CARTERWe will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
JIMMY CARTERWe are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.
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.
JIMMY CARTERWhen people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTERUnless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
JIMMY CARTERI say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.
JIMMY CARTERWe have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
JIMMY CARTERI 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.
JIMMY CARTERI’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.
JIMMY CARTERAll I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.
JIMMY CARTERHuman identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
JIMMY CARTER