8 Jimmy Carter Quotes on Morality

Jimmy Carter quotes on morality

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

2. Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

3. I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

10. Iraq is an unjust war. (spoken on the Diane Rehm Show; stated in articles written for NY Times; printed in USA Today)

16. I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon.

25. Ladies and gentlemen: War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

43. Prayer helps me to analyze the problem I face and to understand myself. It opens up a very important healing process. In my prayers I ask myself three key questions: 1. Are the goals I am pursuing appropriate? 2. Am I doing the right thing, based on my personal moral code, and, 3. Have I done my best, based on the alternatives open to me?

47. The obvious answer is to follow the standards and the priorities that were established so clearly by the words and actions of Jesus Christ, who was dedicated to justice, peace, humility, service, compassion, and love. I would put an emphasis at this moment among Christians on forgiveness and accommodation.