36 quotes by Jimmy Carter

“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.” — Jimmy Carter

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“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.” — Jimmy Carter

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“My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.” — Jimmy Carter

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“When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.” — Jimmy Carter

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“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.” — 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.” — Jimmy Carter

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“I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.” — Jimmy Carter

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“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.” — Jimmy Carter

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“A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.” — Jimmy Carter

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“The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.” — Jimmy Carter

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“It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.” — Jimmy Carter

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