One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union and a few other countries, and also the great proliferation of conventional weapons, non-nuclear weapons, particularly as a tremendous burden on the economies of developing or very poor countries.
Jimmy CarterI believe strongly that in the eyes of God women and men should be the same and they should be given the same authority in the church, women should as men.
Jimmy CarterNobody knows when you make an effort or when you plant a seed if it will bear fruit or not.
Jimmy CarterOur values are not luxuries, but necessities. They are not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
Jimmy CarterIn the year 2000, the solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient energy. A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people: harnessing the power of the Sun to enrich our lives as we move away from our crippling dependence on foreign oil.
Jimmy Carter