There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.
Quote by Jimmy Carter
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There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.
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Jimmy Carter Quotes
- Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
- My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.
- Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
- In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.
- I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.
- I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.
- On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians.
- Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.
- We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.
- I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.
Best Quotes
- I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.
- It's only a fool that will lit a candle at midday.
- I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
- I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom.
- If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning.
- I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.
- Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.
- Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
- Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
- My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.