Quotes from Jimmy Carter

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

I have a very personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It doesn't depend on the fact that he can walk on water.

We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's 'yes.' Sometimes the answer is 'no.' Sometimes it's 'you gotta be kidding.

We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.

I just look at death as not a threat. It's inevitable, and I have an assurance of eternal life.

In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.

We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam.

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.

Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton.

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.

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.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

Wherever life takes us, there are always moments of wonder.

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

Life is just too short to go quail hunting with the wrong people.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.

I think, in many people's minds, the Confederate battle flag is not only a memorial to our ancestors, which is perfectly OK, but also a symbol of white superiority and an inclination for people to believe that even slavery would've been OK.

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.

I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.