Then when [ISIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn’t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned. Jimmy Carter More Quotes by Jimmy Carter More Quotes From Jimmy Carter This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our nation. These are facts and we simply must face them. Jimmy Carter independence oil real I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president. Jimmy Carter deny i-can president Two problems of our country - energy and malaise. Jimmy Carter presidential two country I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon. Jimmy Carter lebanon israel thinking I guess my biggest failure was not getting re-elected. And I learned two things; one is that you ought not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in a foreign country without extracting them. I did the best I could, but I failed. Jimmy Carter taught loss country War and good health are incompatible. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war. Jimmy Carter disease war way Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. Jimmy Carter patriotism suffering america Being confident of our own future, we are now free of that inordinate fear of communism which once led us to embrace any dictator who joined us in that fear. I'm glad that that's being changed. Jimmy Carter be-confident dictator communism Because I know about the Holy Land, I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well. Jimmy Carter israel land giving We have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth -- one for every five-hundred Americans; three times as many as are in England, four times as many as are in West Germany, twenty-one times as many as there are in Japan. We have more litigation, but I am not sure that we have more justice. No resources of talent and training in our own society, even including the medical care, is more wastefully or unfairly distributed than legal skills. Ninety percent of our lawyers serve 10 percent of our people. We are over-lawyered and under-represented. Jimmy Carter west-germany japan skills There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state. Jimmy Carter party goal christian Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. Jimmy Carter thoughtful government criticism I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are French Canadians or who are blacks trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods. This is a natural inclination... Government should not break up a neighborhood on a numerical basis. As soon as the Government does, the white folks flee. Jimmy Carter government white people The drug culture has shaped at least one major change since the Sixties; It became the basis for overloading our prisons. Jimmy Carter drug prison culture Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an erroneous interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures. "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," their most likely response, overlooks the fact that this was promulgated by Moses as a limitation- a prohibition against taking both eyes or all of an offender's teeth in retribution. Jimmy Carter eye christian jesus The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Not one destroyed house has been rebuilt Jimmy Carter dignity situation house The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins. Jimmy Carter veins liberty blood If any agreement between two nations is to last, it must serve the best interests of both nations. Jimmy Carter two-nations lasts agreement Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right. Jimmy Carter triumph working-together laughing In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close knit communities, and our faith in God , too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption . Jimmy Carter hard-work strong self
