| The first of October will mark Jimmy Carter's 84th | | | | behind locked doors." |
| birthday and it's time to honor him with some Jimmy | | | | 7. "The best way to enhance freedom in other lands |
| Carter quotes. Let these quotes not only kick off | | | | is to demonstrate here that our democratic system |
| Jimmy's birthday celebration, but let them also remind | | | | is worthy of emulation." |
| us of a time when the people seemed to be a bit | | | | 8. "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful |
| wiser and the world hadn't gone so astray. Whether | | | | mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different |
| you're a republican or a democrat, these ten quotes | | | | yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." |
| will have you admitting that Jimmy has been right | | | | 9. "Our American values are not luxuries but |
| about more than a few things. | | | | necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread |
| 1. "War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no | | | | itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is |
| matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a | | | | our greatest source of cohesion at home and |
| good. We will not learn how to live together in peace | | | | strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our |
| by killing each other's children." | | | | material blessings." |
| 2. "America did not invent human rights. In a very real | | | | 10. "I have one life and one chance to make it count |
| sense, it is the other way round. Human rights | | | | for something . . . I'm free to choose what that |
| invented America." | | | | something is, and the something I've chosen is my |
| 3. "The awareness that health is dependent upon | | | | faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and |
| habits that we control makes us the first generation | | | | religion and requires considerable work and effort. My |
| in history that to a large extent determines its own | | | | faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith |
| destiny." | | | | demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, |
| 4. "Because we are now running out of gas and oil, | | | | whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I |
| we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict | | | | have to try to make a difference." |
| conservation and to the use of coal and permanent | | | | If there's one thing we can agree on, it's that the |
| renewable energy sources, like solar power." | | | | views of politicians (and their views of what their job |
| 5. "I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial | | | | entails) have definitely changed over the years. |
| discrimination is over." | | | | Whether you were a supporter of President Carter |
| 6. "It is difficult for the common good to prevail | | | | or not, you must admit that he had some good ideas |
| against the intense concentration of those who have | | | | and wise insights. These Jimmy Carter quotes are |
| a special interest, especially if the decisions are made | | | | just a small demonstration of that fact. |