41+ Jimmy Carter Quotes From The 39th U.S. President
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Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States, between 1977 and 1981.
Jimmy Carter or James Earl Carter Jr was born on October 1, 1924. Brought up in Georgia, he later joined the Naval Army where initially he worked on submarines.
Carter was a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout his career, he was opposed to racial hatred. He served in Georgia Senate for a long time and was chosen as the Governor of Georgia.
Jimmy Carter was not only a politician but also a businessman, a leading champion of peace and philanthropist. Carter, during his office, worked on the rising waves of inflation and unemployment. He is known for multiple cultural and social reforms during his administration.
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Jimmy Carter Famous Quotes
Read through these famous Jimmy Carter quotes to learn more about one of the greatest personalities in history.
1. "My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way."
- Jimmy Carter.
2. "Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread."
- Jimmy Carter.
3. "A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained."
- Jimmy Carter.
4. "You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can."
- Jimmy Carter.
5. "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."
- Jimmy Carter.
6. "Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent."
- Jimmy Carter.
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7. "The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity."
- Jimmy Carter.
8. "We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."
- Jimmy Carter.
9. "Everyone 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 Carter.
10. "The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity."
- Jimmy Carter.
11. "Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease."
- Jimmy Carter.
12. "War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."
- Jimmy Carter, Nobel Lecture, Dec. 10, 2002.
13. "We all know grandparents whose values transcend passing fads and pressures, and who possess the wisdom of distilled pain and joy."
- Jimmy Carter.
14. "Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future."
- Jimmy Carter.
15. "We have no desire to be the world's policeman. But America does want to be the world's peacemaker."
- Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address, Jan. 25, 1979.
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16. "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America."
― Jimmy Carter
17. "We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
― Jimmy Carter.
18. "If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement."
― Jimmy Carter.
19. "It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever."
– Jimmy Carter.
20. "We cannot ignore our gift of the future."
― Jimmy Carter.
21. "We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources."
– Jimmy Carter.
22. "The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation."
– Jimmy Carter.
23. "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don't!"
– Jimmy Carter.
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24. "After all these years, I still feel like a boy when I'm on a stream."
– Jimmy Carter.
25. "I have one life and one chance to make it count for something."
- Jimmy Carter.
26. "Testing oneself is best when done alone."
– Jimmy Carter.
27. "Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do."
- Jimmy Carter.
28. "You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can."
– Jimmy Carter.
29. "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 Carter.
30. "Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption."
– Jimmy Carter.
31. "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."
– Jimmy Carter.
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32. "Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."
― Jimmy Carter.
33. "When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand."
― Jimmy Carter.
34." For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. "
– Jimmy Carter.
35. "Habitat gives us an opportunity which is very difficult to find: to reach out and work side by side with those who never have had a decent home-but work with them on a completely equal basis."
– Jimmy Carter.
36. "I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young."
― Jimmy Carter.
37. "Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns."
― Jimmy Carter.
38. "Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy because human rights are the very soul of our sense of nationhood."
– Jimmy Carter.
39. "We've become, now, an oligarchy instead of a democracy. I think that's been the worst damage to the basic moral and ethical standards of the American political system that I've ever seen in my life."
– Jimmy Carter.
40. "Spirit is like the wind, in that we can't see it but can see its effects, which are profound."
― Jimmy Carter.
41. "War and good health are incompatible. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war."
― Jimmy Carter.
42. "I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World."
- Jimmy Carter.
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