735 Quotes by Jimmy Carter

I will never lie to you.

The United States...has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our deepest religious convictions, and it is right in terms of America's own strategic interests. We are committed to Israel's security, prosperity, and future as a land that has so much to offer the world.

Nigeria is the most influential country on the continent, and under a civilian leader who is freely elected by the people and trusted by the international community, I think Nigeria will be even more influential,

The government ought to stay out of the prayer business.

If we think that Arafat can just issue an edict or an order, like a dictator, and everyone is going to get off the streets, or everyone is going to comply completely with a peaceful settlement, we are sadly mistaken,

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor.

When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to understand, justify, and protect the interests of themselves and people like them. Many injustices arise from this natural human failing.

Israel's continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land.