'War may sometimes be a necessary evil...': TOP 7 quotes by Jimmy Carter

'I've looked on a lot of women with lust but...': TOP 7 quotes by Jimmy Carter | IN PICS

"Christ said, “I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery. I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognises I will do — and I have done it — and God forgives me for it. But that doesn't mean that I condemn someone who not only looks on a woman with lust but who leaves his wife and shacks up with somebody out of wedlock."

"We appreciate the past. We are grateful for the present and we're looking forward to the future with great anticipation and commitment."

"But we know that democracy is always an unfinished creation. Each generation must renew its foundations. Each generation must rediscover the meaning of this hallowed vision in the light of its own modern challenges. For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival; liberty is human rights; the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants."

"War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children."

Christ said, “I tell you that anyone who looks on a woman with lust has in his heart already committed adultery. ” I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognises I will do — and I have done it — and God forgives me for it. But that doesn't mean that I condemn someone who not only looks on a woman with lust but who leaves his wife and shacks up with somebody out of wedlock.

"Fundamentalists have become increasingly influential in both religion and government, and have managed to change the nuances and subtleties of historic debate into black-and-white rigidities and the personal derogation of those who dare to disagree... The influence of these various trends poses a threat to many of our nation's historic customs and moral commitments, both."

"I don't think there's any doubt now that the NSA or other agencies monitor or record almost every telephone call made in the United States, including cellphones, and I presume email as well. We've gone a long way down the road of violating Americans' basic civil rights, as far as privacy is concerned."