#president

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#between #built #christian #christianity #expense

Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#balanced #been #bill #bill clinton #bush

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#appropriate #because #believed #billy #billy graham

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#am #approach #best #better #blatant

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#days #final #had #hostages #i

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#african american #american #animosity #barack #barack obama

There's no doubt that usually a president's public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#did #doubt #enhanced #going #image

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#aspire #chief #commander #council #i

Seven presidents before him - Democrats and Republicans - tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done. ↗

— Julian Castro

#before #care #democrats #done #expand

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#american #any #automatically #definition #disqualified