Jimmy Carter Quotes

I am passionate about human rights.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who profess the obligations of Christianity, to extend their power and influence to the relief of every part of the human race, from whatever burden of oppression they may labour under.

I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.

I am a Doctor, but above all else I consider myself an activist for peace, justice and care for all people.

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.

I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty.

My father, John Steinbeck, was a man who held human history in great reverence, and in particular the biographies of those people who had risked their lives, their fortunes, and their worldly honor to defend the rights and prerogatives of those who were powerless to defend themselves.

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

If you want peace, work for justice.

All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man.

Compassion is not a sloppy sentimental feeling for people ... it is an absolutely practical belief that regardless of a person's background, ability or ability to pay, he should be provided with the best that society has to offer.

The maternal love of the Catholic Church embraces all people. As you know, venerable brother, the Church from the beginning sought to completely eliminate slavery, whose wretched yoke has oppressed many people.

We are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for human rights.

When we achieve human rights and human dignity for all people - they will build a peaceful, sustainable, and just world.