In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‘We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.’
– Jimmy Carter
Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing… you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn’t affect two-thirds of the people of the world.
– Jimmy Carter
“We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.”
– Jimmy Carter
I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
– Jimmy Carter
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.
– Jimmy Carter
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.
– Jimmy Carter
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
– Jimmy Carter