I believe men and women are the same and that women should be given an equal chance to serve God with men.

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.

I don’t claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I’m home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.”

I have never been disappointed when I asked in a humble and sincere way for God's help. I pray often. I think I pray more often since January 12th.

Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in the U.S. Navy at the time he issued the order.

I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people unnecessarily.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.