I dont think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesnt at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang. – Jimmy Carter
Its not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. – Jimmy Carter
We cant equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. – Jimmy Carter
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity. – Jimmy Carter
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. – Henry James Sumner Maine