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Jimmy Carter quotes about humanity

American President October 1, 1924

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I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love. Jimmy Carter
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. Jimmy Carter
When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don't find any conflict among them. Jimmy Carter
Since 2001, the U.S. government has abandoned its role as a champion of human rights and has perpetrated terrible and illegal abuses in prisons in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, sent prisoners secretly to other nations to be tortured, denied the applicability of the Geneva Convention restraints, and severely restricted time-honored civil liberties within our own country. Certain political leaders of other nations, who are inclined to perpetrate human rights abuses to quiet dissenting voices and... Jimmy Carter
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected. The reason I say that is that many of the diseases that we treat around the world, I knew when I was a child. My mother was a registered nurse. And they no longer exist in our country. Jimmy Carter
I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter quote: "At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and..."
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. Jimmy Carter
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter quote: "If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for..."
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter quote: "Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human..."
Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter quote: "America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense..."
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter quote: "To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can..."
To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes. Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter quote: "Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but..."
Human identity is no longer defined by what one does but rather by what one owns. Jimmy Carter

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