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James Earl Carter, Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In 1982 he established the Carter Center, as a base for promoting human rights, democracy, finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, and advancing economic and social development, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
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Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.
Presidency (1977)
I never felt that my dedication to military service was a violation of my faith in Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace.
Our Endangered Values (2005)
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.
Presidency (1977)
The unchanging principles of life predate modern times.
Nobel lecture (2002)
We are over-lawyered and under-represented.
Presidency (1977)
Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished.
I don’t have any problem with the Jewish people.
I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States.
Presidency (1977)
I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years...
History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a contagious disease.
Presidency (1977)
I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon.
America no longer has a functioning democracy.
There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.
It's very likely Hillary Clinton will still prevail in the Democratic Party. Bernie Sanders, though, has had a remarkable showing, particularly among young people.
We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment of the wellbeing of the Palestinians.
This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance, by a desire to control oil wealth, by a desire to implant our programs.
America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.
With massive arsenals still on hair-trigger alert, a global holocaust is just as possible now, through mistakes or misjudgments, as it was during the depths of the Cold War.
Our Endangered Values (2005)
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