Jimmy Carter is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He is known for his commitment to human rights, social justice, and peace. Here are 20 famous quotes by Jimmy Carter:
- “We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”
- “Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.”
- “Peace is not just the absence of conflict; it is the presence of justice.”
- “I have one life and one chance to make it count for something.”
- “The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”
- “Testing oneself is best when done alone.”
- “The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.”
- “We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.”
- “A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
- “We must make it clear that a platform of ‘I hate gay men and women’ is not a way to become president of the United States.”
- “We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
- “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.”
- “We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.”
- “The United States is still the land of opportunity, and it’s not just because of the size of our economy or our military, but because of the goodness of our people and their willingness to sacrifice for their fellow man.”
- “War 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.”
- “We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”
- “The decision to attack the entire nation [of Iraq] has been counterproductive and our nation’s reputation has suffered worldwide.”
- “The environment is our common heritage, and preserving it for future generations is a sacred trust.”
- “A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It’s a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
- “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”