Quotes from Jimmy Carter

Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.

When I speak at my local church, which I try to do 35 to 40 times a year, I try in every lesson to take the Old Testament text or New Testament text and apply them to what is happening to me or how that applies to the audience that I'm teaching in a modern, fast-changing, technological world. I use headlines, interfaith and that sort of thing.

My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

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.'

For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.

I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over.

I've been an evangelistic Baptist all my life and still am to some degree.

The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

We should live our lives as though Christ was coming this afternoon.