When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. – Jimmy Carter
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
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. – Jimmy Carter
Theres no doubt that usually a presidents public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me. – Jimmy Carter
Jones Very is gone into the multitude as solitary as Jesus. In dismissing him, I seem to have discharged an arrow into the heart of Society. Wherever that young enthusiast goes, he will astonish and disconcert men by dividing for them the cloud that covers the gulf in man. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838 journal, about Jones Very