Jimmy Carter Quotes
I will never lie to you.
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (Democrat, GA), Campaign promise
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This view almost got him killed. It was customary to swear loyalty to the government and those that would not were perceived to be traitors. The logic was that Christians feared for their souls more so than their lives so would not swear falsely. If there was no swearing, how was loyalty to be determined?
When Billy Carter ran for mayor of Plains, GA, he predicted:
The quotation per se has no historical or political value except that is shows is that there was overt discrimination against Muslims in China in that era. Although there always have been large numbers of Muslims in China, there are few who have ever ascended to major leadership positions, under the late Emperors, under the Chinese Republic, or under the Communist Chinese regime. The graphic is a memorial to the General.
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American politician, businessman, and philanthropist who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Since leaving the presidency, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects as a private citizen. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center.
