The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
Jimmy CarterI have a very personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It doesn't depend on the fact that he can walk on water.
Jimmy CarterThe decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal. ... The United States' insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit on our nation (as does our refusal to support a ban on land mines). Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.
Jimmy CarterAnd so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill - do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.
Jimmy Carter