When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTERWhen people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTERIt’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
JIMMY CARTERAlways tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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 CARTERI’ve never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn’t over yet.
JIMMY CARTERThe truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.
JIMMY CARTERI’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
JIMMY CARTERWar may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We 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 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 CARTERTrust is very much a part of our democracy.
JIMMY CARTERFor the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
JIMMY CARTEREveryone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring.
JIMMY CARTERUnless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
JIMMY CARTERWe must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
JIMMY CARTERYou can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
JIMMY CARTER