We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
JIMMY CARTERWe will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.
JIMMY CARTERAggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.
JIMMY CARTERThroughout my life, I’ve seen the difference that volunteering efforts can make in people’s lives. I know the personal value of service as a local volunteer.
JIMMY CARTERI’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.
JIMMY CARTERBecause we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of … permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.
JIMMY CARTERWe cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.
JIMMY CARTERHuman identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns.
JIMMY CARTERAnd so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill – do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
JIMMY CARTERYou can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
JIMMY CARTERI am convinced that UFOs exist because I’ve seen one.
JIMMY CARTERIt’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.
JIMMY CARTERWe cannot resort to simplistic or extreme solutions which substitute myths for common sense.
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 CARTERWe know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.
JIMMY CARTERI’m a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
JIMMY CARTERWhen people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.
JIMMY CARTER