Jimmy Carter Quotes

1924-, American Statesman, 39th President
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“We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.”
Life and Living
“I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times.”
Lust
“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense... human rights invented America.”
Human Rights
“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.”
Determination
“We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.”
Multiculturalism
“We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.”
Media
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”
Nations