Billy Carter Quotes
I got a mama who joined the Peace Corps when she was 68. I got one sister who's a holy roller preacher. Another wears a helmet and drives a motorcycle. And my brother thinks he's going to be president, so that makes me the only sane one in the family.
Billy Carter, 1937-1988, President Jimmy Carter's brother, Rifkin & Howard, Redneck Power: The Wit and Wisdom of Billy Carter, Bantam, 1977
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Referring to John Adams with whom he did not always get along:
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