A joyous occasion is never quite as wonderful as when it becomes a memory.

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

My proudest accomplishment was that I never dropped a bomb, fired a bullet, or shot a missile.

I am pro-Israeli, not because of political expediency, but because I believe Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.

I'm going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I'm able mentally and physically, will continue to be quite active.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.