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** As quoted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314142147/http://nymag.com/news/politics/48675/index2.html "Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter?" by Amy Wilentz, in ''New York Magazine'' (20 July 2008)]
* I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years...
** Speech in West Bank, Palestine. June 13, 2009. {{Cite news
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{{quote| I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years...
* There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.
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** Speech at a town hall meeting held at his presidential center in Atlanta, Georgia. {{Cite news
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{{quote| There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.
* I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. [The loss taught me] not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in a foreign country without extracting them. I did the best I could, but I failed.
|[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6196028/Jimmy-Carter-says-Joe-Wilsons-attack-on-Barack-Obama-was-based-on-racism.html Jimmy Carter says Joe Wilson's attack on Barack Obama was 'based on racism'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', September 16, 2009}}
** Interview with Big Think, in reference to the 1980 presidential election, and the Iran hostage crisis, December 14, 2010.
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*"'''War and good health are incompatible'''. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war."
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* I obviously hoped that everything that I found would make a difference, … It ended up being way behind my wildest dreams.
** (Feb 22, 2012)[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57570712/jimmy-carter-obama-thanked-my-grandson-who-discovered-romneys-47-video/]
* America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.
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{{quote| I guess my biggest failure was not getting reelected. [The loss taught me] not to ever let American hostages be held for 444 days in a foreign country without extracting them. I did the best I could, but I failed.
* '''I have become convinced that the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare.'''
|[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1210/46375.html Interview with Big Think, in reference to the 1980 presidential election, and the Iran hostage crisis, December 14, 2010].}}
** ''A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power'' (2014)
{{quote|'''War and good health are incompatible'''. There's no way we can go [eradicate diseases] into an area that is at war.
* '''It would be a fruitless search to look through the Scriptures and find one single instance where [[Jesus]] did not treat women either equal or superior to men.'''
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20101228060534/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/25/ap/health/main7183775.shtml Jimmy Carter Vs. Guinea Worm: Sudan Is Last Battle], in reference to his effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease in Africa.}}
** As quoted in [http://www.religionnews.com/2014/05/28/jimmy-carter-3-0-building-post-presidential-legacy/ "Jimmy Carter 3.0: Building a post-presidential legacy" by Adelle M. Banks, in ''Religion News Service'' (28 May 2014)]
{{quote|I obviously hoped that everything that I found would make a difference, … It ended up being way behind my wildest dreams.
|[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57570712/jimmy-carter-obama-thanked-my-grandson-who-discovered-romneys-47-video/ (Feb 22, 2012)]}}
{{quote| America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.
|[http://www.ibtimes.com/nsa-controversy-jimmy-carter-says-us-has-no-functioning-democracy-1351389 NSA Controversy: Jimmy Carter Says U.S. "Has No Functioning Democracy"] Referring to mass surveillance by the government in the United States.}}
{{quote| '''I have become convinced that the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge is the deprivation and abuse of women and girls, largely caused by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare.'''
| ''A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power'' (2014)}}
{{quote| '''It would be a fruitless search to look through the Scriptures and find one single instance where [[Jesus]] did not treat women either equal or superior to men.'''
| As quoted in [http://www.religionnews.com/2014/05/28/jimmy-carter-3-0-building-post-presidential-legacy/ "Jimmy Carter 3.0: Building a post-presidential legacy" by Adelle M. Banks, in ''Religion News Service'' (28 May 2014)]}}
==== Nobel lecture (2002) ====
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