quotes by Jimmy Carter

"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
— Jimmy Carter

"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use... Therefore, I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce [28g] of marijuana."
— Jimmy Carter

"Put on a sweater."
— Jimmy Carter

"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America."
— Jimmy Carter

"Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
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— Jimmy Carter

"Go out on a limb. That's where the fuit is."
— Jimmy Carter

"Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.
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— Jimmy Carter

"Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."
— Jimmy Carter

""We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaid. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams."
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— Jimmy Carter

"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."
— Jimmy Carter

""I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around
the world, this administration has been the worst in history...
The overt reversal of America's basic values as expressed by
previous administrations, including those of George H.W. Bush
and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the
most disturbing to me.""
— Jimmy Carter

"I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love."
— Jimmy Carter (Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis)

"Since 2001, the U.S. government has abandoned its role as a champion of human rights and has perpetrated terrible and illegal abuses in prisons in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, sent prisoners secretly to other nations to be tortured, denied the applicability of the Geneva Convention restraints, and severely restricted time-honored civil liberties within our own country. Certain political leaders of other nations, who are inclined to perpetrate human rights abuses to quiet dissenting voices and were previously restrained by positive influence from Washington, now feel free to emulate or exceed the abuses approved by American leaders."
— Jimmy Carter (Beyond the White House)

"We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon."
— Jimmy Carter