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Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy Carter (born 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. After his presidency, Carter became globally recognized for his extensive humanitarian work, including Habitat for Humanity and conflict resolution efforts, earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

“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.”

— Jimmy Carter

Peace

All Quotes by Jimmy Carter

“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

Happiness

“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

Nature

“I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.”

— Jimmy Carter

Future

“A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.”

— Jimmy Carter

Equality

“You just have to have a simple faith.”

— Jimmy Carter

Faith

“We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”

— Jimmy Carter

Peace

“I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.”

— Jimmy Carter

War

“On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.”

— Jimmy Carter

Peace

“It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.”

— Jimmy Carter

Failure

“It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.”

— Jimmy Carter

Government

“We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.”

— Jimmy Carter

Peace

“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

Graduation

“When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.”

— Jimmy Carter

Peace

“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

Experience

“Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.”

— Jimmy Carter

Future

“I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.”

— Jimmy Carter

Government

“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.”

— Jimmy Carter

Peace

“There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.”

— Jimmy Carter

War

“My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.”

— Jimmy Carter

Women

“The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny.”

— Jimmy Carter

Health