Jimmy Carter, American 39th US President, (1977-81), Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 Quotes
We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
If you fear making anyone mad, then you
ultimately probe for the lowest common
denominator of human achievement.
We sent Marines into Lebanon and you only have to go to Lebanon, to Syria or to Jordan to witness first-hand the intense hatred among many people for the United States because we bombed and shelled and unmercifully killed totally innocent villagers -- women and children and farmers and housewives -- in those villages around Beirut. ... As a result of that ... we became kind of a Satan in the minds of those who are deeply resentful. That is what precipitated the taking of our hostages and that is what has precipitated some of the terrorist attacks.
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment of
the Palestinians
on the Diane Rehm Show.
There was false propaganda by the administration
that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
and that Al Qaeda was connected to Saddam Hussein.
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment
of the wellbeing of the Palestinians
spoken on the Diane Rehm Show.
Those who start war often know that because of their
high political position their own lives will not be in
danger.
on the Diane Rehm Show.
Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..
words to dehumanize
and demonize.
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
Spech in March 1976.
We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
in his farewell address.