Jimmy Carter

I believe in the value of each human being's life.

We must stand staunchly with Israel.

I hope that as you maintain an attitude of self-introspection and self-examination, the removal of hatred and prejudice from your hearts, a recommitment to the finest principles of love and compassion and brotherhood and simple justice...

I see no reason why we should let a foreign nation through economic pressure circumvent or abrogate the Bill of Rights of the United States.

There's only one person in this country that can speak with a clear voice of the American people.

I'm going to change it.

This is not just a figure; it's a constant daily robbing of those who are retired.

We need to unify our nation.

We've lost the spirit in our nation.

I believe we can do better than that in this great country.

I would never increase taxes on Americans who work for a living, or who report all their tax, all their income on a tax form.

I've never run my family with a deficit budget.

If you do, we're going to have to kick some Republicans out of the White House and put a Democrat in, right?

That's got to come. It's going to come next year.

That's not part of the character of our country.

I did not support the Humphrey-Hawkins bill in its original form.

I have tried to do this at the national level and our people throughout the country have been told that one of the major supportive forces we have is in the labor movement.

I owe special interests nothing; I owe the people everything.

I owe special interests nothing.

These changes can be made only with you, if you help me, we'll do it together.

The American people are competent.

As I have said many times to audiences around the country, before I did, nobody in my family in more than two hundred years, ever had a chance to finish high school.

I think atomic power plants can be safe.

I believe in the greatness of my country.

When I was Governor of Georgia, I tried to set up a drug treatment program in one department.