Weve uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business. – Jimmy Carter
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense… human rights invented America. – Jimmy Carter
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. – Jimmy Carter
The Carter Center has the only existing international taskforce on disease eradication. Which means a total elimination of a disease on the face of the Earth. In the history of the world, theres only been one disease eradicated: smallpox. The second disease, I think, is gonna be guinea worm. – Jimmy Carter