Jimmy Carter Quotes
It’s very hard for me to compromise when I believe in something very deeply.
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (Democrat, GA), Quote on C-SPAN American Presidents, December 3, 1999
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The issue being debated was slavery and Calhoun was one of the major defenders of it. His admonition against compromise represents one of two general major approaches to negotiations. The first is to compromise and finally reach a consensus and this is the means by which almost every piece of major legislation in American history has been created. The second is that stated in this quotation, and it was followed by most advocates of slavery. Since compromise was not possible, civil war eventually settled the issue.
Refusing to negotiate with terrorist kidnappers of Americans:
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.
