“We don't have any problem finding enough things to do; the problem we have is making sure we don't overload ourselves inadvertently.” EnoughProblem Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think it really came down to two basic things, one, what General Mike Flynn did, and just what he discussed with the Russian ambassador, but, more significantly, how he misled senior officials at the White House, including Vice President Mike Pence, about the nature of those communications.” ThinkingHousePresidentCommunicationSeniorVice President Author:Greg Miller
“The major violence now is because of a plethora, explosion almost, of rebel groups, all of whom oppose the government, and they're fighting each other, strangely precipitated by the fact that the United Nations and African Union has now planned peace talks.” FightingViolenceRebelUnited Nations Author:Jimmy Carter
“Nobody knows when you make an effort or when you plant a seed if it will bear fruit or not.” EffortPlantNobody Knows Author:Jimmy Carter
“That's the job of the National Security Council is to try to be a disciplined clearinghouse, gathering the views from across multiple agencies, teeing up decisions that make sense for the president.” TryingPresidentDecisionSecurityMake SenseMultipleNational Security Author:Greg Miller
“There are two major peace agreements. One is a comprehensive peace agreement that was consummated by the extremely beneficial intersession of the George Bush administration, who called on John Danforth, the former senator from Missouri, to negotiate a peace agreement after eight years during which President Clinton did not want to promote peace in the Mideast - I mean, in Sudan. And that's holding so far.” MeanPresidentClintonPresident ClintonSudan Author:Jimmy Carter
“George Bush asked me if there was anything he could do for me, and I said, "Yes, you can help promote peace in Sudan after eight years of different policy." And he said, "I'll do it." So to make a long story short, he did it, not necessarily because I requested it, but they were very successful.” LongDifferentHelpingSuccessfulPolicySudan Author:Jimmy Carter
“Genocide, in my opinion - is an attempt by a powerful group completely to eradicate from the face of the Earth the existence of people because of their ethnic makeup or because of their race or religion, and that was the case with Hitler trying to exterminate the Jews, and that was the case in Rwanda, when the Tutsis were attacked and over 500,000 were killed in two or three days.” PeopleTryingEarthPowerfulExistenceOpinionJewMakeupGenocideRwandaOver 50 Author:Jimmy Carter
“In many ways we've become the Babylon of the modern era. We learned our lessons at the feet of Nebuchadnezzar himself. It's little wonder that we've lived to see Bible reading and the display of the Ten Commandments removed from public view and creation science excluded from classroom instruction. None of this is new. It has its roots in Babylon, and thus reveals that the book of Daniel is one of the most relevant books of the Bible in our world today.” WorldBookTodayReadingWonderModernCreationRelevantClassroom Author:O. S. Hawkins
“When you invade Grenada, or when you invade Panama to capture a disreputable person, or when you bomb the Bosnia area, you can always find justification for those military actions, but it's really surprising how many times in those 25 years - that's a long time - the United States has interceded, I wouldn't say most of the time militarily, but a lot of those have been military actions.” LongActionMilitaryJustification Author:Jimmy Carter