Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 26, 1980
Some have asked me as President, 'Why do you take such an interest in Africa? Your predecessors never did.'
Said by
Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Meeting With Prime Minister Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe Remarks at a White House Reception

Share

More from Jimmy Carter

Jan 4, 2022

One year on, promoters of a lie that the election was stolen have taken over one political party and stoke distrust in our electoral systems. These forces exert power and influence through relentless disinformation which continues to turn…

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 15, 2009

But, when a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States of America as an animal, or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler, or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have…

transcripts.cnn.com
Dec 16, 2014

I watched him on television. I thought what he said was absolutely ridiculous. There's no rational or logic to what he had to say.

transcripts.cnn.com
Nov 11, 2007

I and about 25 others saw something in the air that changed colors and was round.

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation