America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America.
USA, Independence DayJimmy CarterI have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.
Funny QuotesJimmy CarterUnless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.
Jimmy CarterLike music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
Nature & EnvironmentJimmy CarterRepublicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
Jimmy CarterWe should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.
Jimmy CarterJesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
Homosexuality & LGBTQ+Jimmy CarterWe become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
Jimmy CarterHuman rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.
Jimmy CarterWhen I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.
Cold WarJimmy CarterYou can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.
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