The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

Jimmy Carter

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

Jimmy Carter

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Jimmy Carter

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

Jimmy Carter

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles

Jimmy Carter

I've never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn't over yet.

Jimmy Carter

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

Jimmy Carter

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

Jimmy Carter

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

Jimmy Carter

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself

Jimmy Carter

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.

Jimmy Carter

We cannot change the history of the past.

Jimmy Carter