Jimmy Carter Quotes About House

Quotes about: House

• We've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America.

  Jimmy Carter

  Talking, White, America

  Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

• Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

  Jimmy Carter

  Love You, Car, Office

  "Jimmy Carter: Role Model" by Ken Dychtwald, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2015.

• 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.

  Jimmy Carter

  Father, Thinking, White

  "Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story Behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal". Interview with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

• We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in prison now as we did in 1981, when I left the White House. So that's been one of the major concerns I've had as a non-lawyer, to criticize the American justice system, which is highly biased against black people and poor people. And it still is.

  Jimmy Carter

  Eight, White, Justice

  Source: www.sfgate.com

• I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case, like in a court house. And religious people have a right to say what happens in a church congregation. They are two completely separate things.

  Jimmy Carter

  Religious, Believe, Two

  Source: www.christianpost.com

• In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House, the residence of the leaders of our country. At that time, commercial electricity was not economically feasible, but President Harrison wanted to affirm his confidence in the technological capability of our country.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Technology, White

  United States. President (1977-1981 : Carter), Jimmy Carter (1979). “Jimmy Carter”

• Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every Sunday when I was home or near my own house, so that would be 35 or 40 times per year. Half of those Sundays, the text comes from the Hebrew Bible. I have had a deep personal interest in the Holy Land and in the teachings of the Hebrew people. God has a special position for the Jewish people, the Hebrews, or whatever. I know the difference between ancient Israel and Judaea, and I know the history. I don't have any problem with the Jewish people.

  Jimmy Carter

  Teaching, Home, Sunday

  "Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter?". Interview with Amy Wilentz, nymag.com. July 20, 2008.

• I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

  Jimmy Carter

  Party, White, Government

  "Interview with Former President Jimmy Carter". "Larry King Live", www.realclearpolitics.com. September 20, 2010.

• 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

  War, White, House

  "Interview: President Jimmy Carter Talks About His New Bible and Christian Beliefs". Interview with Katherine T. Phan, www.christianpost.com. March 30, 2012.

• The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Not one destroyed house has been rebuilt
  Ppl cannot live w the dignity they deserve

  Jimmy Carter

  House, Dignity, Situation

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

  Jimmy Carter

  White, House, Wish

• My life since the White House has been much more all-encompassing, much more enjoyable. The main thing that I've acquired has been access to the poorest and most destitute, forgotten, and suffering people on Earth. It's not possible for a President to actually know them.

  Jimmy Carter

  White, People, House

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 22, 2008.

• In the Great Depression in which I grew up and remember vividly, unemployment was over 25 percent, and over 35 percent where I lived. A grown man would work all day, 16 hours, for a dollar. I remember hundreds of people walking by, people who had come down from the North just to get warm. They would come to our house as beggars even though they might have a college education. People didn't have money. They bartered; they'd trade eggs or pigs. It was just completely different.

  Jimmy Carter

  College, Men, Pigs

  "Carter is upbeat about peace talks in Mideast WORDS OF WISDOM The former president offers encouragement to new U.S. envoy - and the rest of us. Q&A". Interview with Bill Lambrecht, www.stltoday.com. February 1, 2009.

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