Quote by Jimmy Carter (1924-2024)

• America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense...human rights invented America.

• One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

• 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.

• We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

• Short-circuiting the long-established principles of patient negotiation leads to war, not peace.

• We cannot be both the world�s leading champion of peace and the world�s leading supplier of arms.