You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

Quote by Jimmy Carter

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I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to...

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to...

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the...

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the...

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the...

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the...

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization...

If you're totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization...

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

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

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times....

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

I now understand more clearly than I ever had before why you won in November...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and...

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy...

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy...

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual...

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual...

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even...

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are...

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first...

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first...

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I cant get my wife to...

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I cant get my wife to...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions

Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions