You have given me a great responsibility to stay close to you, to be worthy of you and to exemplify what you are. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. More Quotes by James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. More Quotes From James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense ... human rights invented America. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. An act of terrorism totally outside the bounds of international law and diplomatic tradition. ... a crisis that calls for firmness and restraint. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. 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. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. I personally think that he did violate the law, that he committed impeachable offenses. But I don't think that he thinks he did. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. 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. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. 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. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. You can't divorce religious belief and public service ... I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.
